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The Nectar Covered Bridge was a wood and metal combination style
Retrieved Feb. 2, 2016. It was built by a crew led by foreman Zelma C. Tidwell over a wide section of the Locust Fork. ''See also:'' It was the third-longest covered bridge built in Blount County. At one time, the Nectar Covered Bridge was the seventh longest covered bridge in the country. The bridge was burned by vandals on June 13, 1993. It was maintained by the Blount County Commission and the
The bridge 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 south of the current crossing.
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covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
which spanned the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River
The Locust Fork River, in the U.S. State of Alabama, is one of three major tributaries of the Black Warrior River, stretching across Blount, and some portions of Etowah, Jefferson, and Marshall
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in Blount County, Alabama
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. It was located on Nectar Bridge Road off State Route 160, just east of the town of Nectar
Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by Plant, plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollination, pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to an ...
, about 14 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Oneonta. Nectar Covered Bridge was at one time 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.
History
Built in 1934, the 385-foot (117-meter) bridge was a Town Lattice truss construction over four spans.''The Blount Countian'', From the Archives of ''The Southern Democrat'' (October 4, 1928), Published October 6, 2010Retrieved Feb. 2, 2016. It was built by a crew led by foreman Zelma C. Tidwell over a wide section of the Locust Fork. ''See also:'' It was the third-longest covered bridge built in Blount County. At one time, the Nectar Covered Bridge was the seventh longest covered bridge in the country. The bridge was burned by vandals on June 13, 1993. It was maintained by the Blount County Commission and the
Alabama Department of Transportation
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. The Nectar Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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on August 20, 1981.
The bridge 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 south of the current crossing.
See also
*List of Alabama covered bridges
Below is a present list of Alabama covered bridges. There are currently eleven historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Alabama. Of those, six remain at their original locations.
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Further reading
* * * * ''The Birmingham News'' (July 17, 1972) news article. Retrieved October 30, 2007. * Alabama Department of Archives and HistoryNectar CB: Credits
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