Shober Bridge

Shober Bridge is a historic humpback bridge carrying Ellis Street across the Norfolk Southern Railway in Salisbury, North Carolina, one of two timber bridges in the city. It has asphalt on top of a wooden deck and has needed replacement for many years. Currently, the Shober Bridge has a six-ton weight limit, meaning large trucks and emergency vehicles cannot use it. Historic Salisbury Foundation calls it "a contributing structure to the Ellis Street Graded School Historic District and ... a gateway entrance to Salisbury proper." It was named for Col. Francis Shober, who represented Salisbury in the United States Congress in the late 1860s. In 1999, the Shober Bridge was named to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Ellis Street Graded School Historic District.
The Western North Carolina Railroad opened in 1858 between Salisbury and Morganton. In 1896, Southern Railway Company took over operation of the railroad. During the American Civil War, Gen. George Stoneman crossed the railroad where the bridge is now. By 1880, according to Norfolk Southern, a bridge had been built. Some sources say a bridge opened in 1858 and that Stoneman crossed it. Plans for a replacement bridge had been made by 1926, and the current bridge was apparently built between 1932 and 1944.

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