dave malkoff reports tonight's "eye on america" from newland, north carolina. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: every careful cut and skillful saw line jeff hughesause he's already spoke for it. >> reporter: but there is no easy way for the woodworker to get that casket to the funeral home. the bridge he and his neighbors rely on to get to the main road was washed away. helene damaged or destroyed at least 130 private bridges in avery county, north carolina. with no bridge, he has to strap it to an atv, drive it upstream, and then carry it over a footbridge. >> you are looking at a good 45 minutes longer now than it would have been with the bridge. you know. >> reporter: the town doesn't own it. the state doesn't own it. replacing the bridge will cost him and his four neighbors at least $100,000. hughes received $3,000 from fema, and the bridge was not insured. >> so this bridge, one of our volunteers put together with telephone poles. >> reporter: robin ollis and her volunteers started building temporary private bridges rightg donations, but it's not enough. >> our hope is that other large organizations such as samaritan's purse, the red cross,