Nectar Covered Bridge

Nectar CB
Two stone piers remain where the Nectar Covered Bridge once stood. The bridge burned down in 1993.
Carries	single lane motor traffic
Crosses	Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River
Locale	Nectar, Alabama
Maintained by	Blount County Commission
ID number	01-05-04 (WGCB)
Design	Town Lattice truss
Total length	385 ft (117 m)
Load limit	3 US tons (2.72 metric tons)
Construction end	1932
Closed	June 13, 1993 by fire
Coordinates	33°57′22.45″N 86°37′34.17″W / 33.9562361°N 86.6261583°W / 33.9562361; -86.6261583

Nectar Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Nectar, Alabama
Coordinates:	33°57′22.45″N 86°37′34.17″W / 33.9562361°N 86.6261583°W / 33.9562361; -86.6261583Coordinates: 33°57′22.45″N 86°37′34.17″W / 33.9562361°N 86.6261583°W / 33.9562361; -86.6261583
Built:	1932
Governing body:	County
NRHP Reference#:	81000124 [1]
Added to NRHP:	August 20, 1981

The Nectar Covered Bridge was a county owned wood & metal combination style covered bridge which spanned the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River in Blount County, Alabama, United States. It was located on Nectar Bridge Road off State Route 160 just east of the town of Nectar, about 14 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Oneonta. Coordinates are 33°57′22.45″N 86°37′34.17″W / 33.9562361°N 86.6261583°W / 33.9562361; -86.6261583 (33.956236, -86.626158).

Built in 1932, the 385-foot (117-meter) bridge was a Town Lattice truss construction over four spans. Its WGCB number is 01-05-04. The Nectar Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1981. It was the second longest covered bridge built in Blount County to the latter constructed 432-foot (132-meter) Standridge Covered Bridge near Hayden which burned down in 1967. At one time, the Nectar Covered Bridge was the seventh longest covered bridge in the country. The bridge remained open to single lane motor traffic from its construction until it was burned by vandals on June 13, 1993. It was maintained by the Blount County Commission and the Alabama Department of Transportation.

History

The Nectar Covered Bridge was built by a crew led by Zelmer C. Tidwell and uncle Forrest Tidwell over a wide section of the Locust Fork. It was once a community meeting place and a site for large baptism ceremonies. A concrete bridge has since replaced the former covered bridge, but the old stone piers remain across the river...located south of the current crossover. During its existence, the Nectar Covered Bridge was said to have been haunted by the ghost of a mail carrier who had died there.

See also

• List of Alabama covered bridges

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-09-24. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

Further reading

• Prince, A. G. (1981) Alabama's Covered Bridges: Past and Present. revised edition. Ensley: Best Printing Service
• Dale J. Travis Covered Bridges. Nectar CB: Credits. Retrieved Sep. 24, 2007.
• Bridges to the Past: Alabama's Covered Bridges. Nectar CB: Credits. Retrieved Sep. 24, 2007.
• BhamWiki. Nectar CB: Credits. Retrieved Sep. 24, 2007.
• Southern Living: Tunnels in Time. Nectar CB: Credits. Retrieved Sep. 24, 2007.
• The Birmingham News (July 17, 1972) news article. Retrieved Oct. 30, 2007.
• Alabama Department of Archives and History. Nectar CB: Credits. Retrieved Oct. 30, 2007.

External links

• Bridges to the Past: Alabama's Covered Bridges
• Nectar Covered Bridge (Dale J. Travis)