LAKE LURE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Lake Lure’s Flowering Bridge was once the home to more than 2,000 species of plants and thousands of visitors almost 100 years before it was destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Now, it’s set to be torn down on August 18.

Jenn Brady would frequently visit the lake and flowering bridge.

“We couldn’t believe what had actually happened,” Brady said. “It’s almost like a second punch that the rest of the bridge has to go.”

On Thursday, Lake Lure officials announced the flowering bridge will be torn down due to significant structural impacts from the storm.

Debbie Clark is the bridge’s education director. She said of the 30 gardens that ran along the bridge, only eight are left.

“Of all the years that we’ve all put into this garden, working on it, and to see i

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