Carolina Light and Power Co. to Build New Bridge over Yadkin River, Dec. 12, 1925

New Bridge to Span the Yadkin River Where State Structure Rests. . . Carolina Light and Power Co. Will Erect Entirely New Bridge Between Stanly and Montgomery—37 Feet Higher Than Present Bridge

Blue prints for a new bridge across the Yadkin river, at a point some two or three hundred yards north of the location of the elegant concrete structure on State highway No. 74 between Stanly and Montgomery counties, are in hand.

The Carolina Power and Light company is operating on a large scale and surveys show that the large dam the company will erect below Norwood will back water to a point that would probably inundate the bridge now in service, and the company has secured rights, and plans for changing the location, creating a new section of highway, and to erect a bridge according to plans approved by the state highway commission.

The Press is informed that the new bridge will be 37 feet higher than the one now in use; that the middle pier will be 110 feet high, and that it will have five spans. It will not only be shorter than the other, but will avoid the large curve leading to the river from the crest of the hill this side, and materially shorten the distance.

The bridge being replaced is one of the finest the highway commission constructs, and the waste involved is one of the unforeseen contingencies which happen when big companies like the Carolina Light and Power company begin great development schemes.

As yet, there is much property along the rights of way that has not been absorbed. Much of it will probably figure in condemnation proceedings later, as there seems to be no probability of agreement on prices to be paid between the developing company and owners of the land. It is generally believed that there will be as material delay in the construction work because of this.

Our neighbor Norwood is in good way for profit from the work to be undergone, and this entire section will share in the benefits of early construction which gives to the territory a gigantic development in line with those which have placed Stanly on the map as being a center of electric energies.

From the front page of The Albemarle Press—A Stanly County Weekly of Character—Published Every Thursday. Dec. 12, 1925

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