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Officials with the town of Lake Lure on Thursday announced they are removing the popular western North Carolina landmark.
The Lake Lure Flowering Bridge will be demolished on Aug. 18 due to irreparable damage from Hurricane Helene. LAKE LURE, N.C.
A beloved tourist attraction in western North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains will be demolished starting later this month.
Severe damage from Helene led engineers to declare the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge beyond repair, but volunteers say the ...
Town records show the bridge was built for cars in 1925 over the Broad River, and was acquired by the town in 2010 after the ...
Lake Lure officials announced Thursday that the town's cherished Flowering Bridge will be removed due to damage inflicted by ...
The tourist attraction landmark opened on an obsolete state bridge in 2013, drawing more than 150,000 visitors a year before ...
LAKE LURE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Officials said that recovery efforts are progressing at Lake Lure following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. The restoration process has been a collaboration ...
When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was ...
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