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11-foot-8 Bridge

11-foot-8 Bridge from directly overhead

11-foot-8 Bridge is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The History Hub Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Careful drivers! Room under bridge is only 12 feet 4 inches! View less fortunate drivers here: https://11foot8.com

About

The story

low-clearance bridge in Durham, North Carolina

Dates from 1940.

Wikidata Q22905940, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Structure
beam
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.99909, -78.91015

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Burch Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Trinity Park: 0.4 mi
  • Central Park: 0.5 mi
  • Carroll Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Central Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 49
Attractions: 49
  • Mercury Rocket: 2.2 mi
  • Sheep: 2.2 mi
  • Donkey: 2.2 mi
  • Parasaurolophus: 2.3 mi
  • Edmontonia: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 41
  • Major the bull: 0.5 mi
  • Turtle: 0.5 mi
  • Cardinal: 0.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.3 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Burch Ave Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Grace Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Victory Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Orchard Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Wild Hearts Garden & Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 8.4 mi
  • Blackwood Mountain: 9.9 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 5.6 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.2 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 12.2 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 12.2 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 12.3 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.1 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 4.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of 11-foot-8 Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 290°261 m12.6 mi
Glenns MountainN 2°244 m18.1 mi
Red MountainN 359°243 m16.7 mi
Pickards MountainW 260°237 m14.2 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 291°234 m12.2 mi
Bald MountainW 262°232 m11.4 mi
Terrells MountainWSW 238°232 m17.1 mi
Scarlett HillW 280°228 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0019:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2316:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787670594942
Precip in4.02.94.53.73.85.24.25.24.73.43.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/515431845

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