Bynum Bridge and South Bynum River Access

Bynum Bridge and South Bynum River Access are used for paddling, picnics, stargazing, birdwatching, yoga, walking group meet-ups, and strolling over the Haw River, one of the most-used recreational rivers in the Piedmont for canoeing and kayaking. Formerly referenced as the Bynum Beach Canoe Access.

Bynum Bridge was built between 1922 and 1923 and was considered state-of-the-art design and engineering for that time. The reinforced concrete tee beam bridge has a length of 806.1 feet, stretching across 19 spans of about 43 feet each. Only one tee beam bridge in the state is known to have been longer, and it was built 30 years later and replaced in 2001, leaving Bynum Bridge the longest reinforced concrete tee beam bridge in North Carolina. It has been a pedestrian bridge since 1999, when, for safety concerns, it was blocked to automobile traffic. Bynum Bridge was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 2020.