In Memory of George I. Thompson

Bridge named for NC state trooper killed in 1929

Published on the WLOS News, NC - July 09, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Eighty years after his death, the first North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper killed in the line of duty is being honored with a bridge that bears his name.

The Dispatch of Lexington reported that the name of George I. Thompson will now be immortalized on a bridge along U.S. 74 about 40 miles southwest of Charlotte.

Thompson, who was 35 when he died in 1929, was killed when the 14-year-old driver of a truck struck his motorcycle.

North Carolina Highway Patrol Memorial