to motor vehicle traffic, is still open to both bicycles and pedestrians throughout the year. Elizabethton Covered Bridge is adjacent to a large city park area with walking trails, baseball diamonds, and picnic areas and the covered bridge spans the Doe River connecting this city park area with the Elizabethton downtown business district. Most of Elizabethton's downtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its historical and architectural merits. The Elizabethton Historic District contains a variety of properties ranging in age from the late 18th century through the 1930s. However, the Elizabethton Covered Bridge is an important focal point and a well-known landmark in the state that pre-dates much of the downtown construction fueled by the rayon boom of the mid-to-late 1920s. In addition to the Covered Bridge, the downtown historical district also contains the 1928 Elk Avenue concrete arch bridge, and just a little further downstream on the Doe River, Tennessee State Route 67 passes another similar concrete arch bridge, locally known as the Broad Street Bridge. Elizabethton celebrates in the downtown business area for one week each June with the Elizabethton Covered Bridge Days featuring country and gospel music performances, activities for children, Elk Avenue car club show, and many food and crafts vendors. The Elizabethton Covered Bridge is also along the Elk Avenue route for the annual Independence Day and Christmas parades. Connection with U.S. Interstate Highway System Interstate 26 Exit 24 at Johnson City then east US 321/Tennessee State Route 67 to Elizabethton, then straight on Elk Avenue to downtown business district. See also Carter County, Tennessee Hampton, Tennessee Kings Mountain National Military Park Kings Mountain, North Carolina List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Tennessee Roan Mountain State Park Roan Mountain, Tennessee Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Overmountain Men Watauga River References Elizabethton Covered Bridge, Tennessee Department of Transportation Doe River Covered Bridge at Elizabethton, Tennessee, Carter County/Elizabethton Tourism External links Buildings and structures in Carter County, Tennessee Bridges completed in 1882 Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Festivals in Tennessee Tourist attractions in Carter County, Tennessee Wooden bridges in Tennessee Transportation in Carter County, Tennessee Historic district contributing properties in Tennessee Elizabethton, Tennessee Historic American Buildings Survey in Tennessee Historic American Engineering Record in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Carter County, Tennessee Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic