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CG - 1853 Brick Arch Viaduct
Photos
Three-Quarter View Of S Elevation
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #137350
Facts
- Overview
- Four-span brick arch bridge over Ogeechee Canal and W. Boundary Street on the Central of Georgia Railway in Savannah
- Location
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
- Status
- Rail line discontinued
- History
- Built 1853
- Builders
- - Augustus Schwaab (Engineer)
- Martin P. Mueller (Architect)
- Railroads
- - Central of Georgia Railway (CG)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Brick arch
- Dimensions
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Total length: 199.9 ft.
Deck width: 37.9 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.07724, -81.10345 (decimal degrees)
32°04'38" N, 81°06'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/490236/3549001 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Savannah
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 7,620
- Inventory numbers
- GA 05101510 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 12534 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of August 1998)
- View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 1, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- June 29, 2016: Updated by Amber Rhea: These bridges are NR eligible
- August 2, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
- April 19, 2009: Posted HAER photos
Sources
- HAER GA-3 - 1853 Brick Arch Viaduct
- Luke
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Amber Rhea
- Dana and Kay Klein
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Both the 1853 and 1860 Viaducts appear to be part of the historic preservation of stuctures in Savannah. The are no longer active as road or railroad bridges.