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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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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: Open to Pedestrians
History: Built 1860
Builders: - Augustus Schwaab (Engineer)
- Martin P. Mueller (Architect)
Design: Brick arch
Dimensions: Total length: 241.1 ft.
Deck width: 31.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +32.07806, -81.10278 (decimal degrees)
32°04'41" N, 81°06'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/490300/3549092 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Savannah
Inventory numbers: GA 05101520 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 12535 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 7,150

Update Log

September 8, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Bridge now has sidewalk and lampposts and connects to a building, not sure of ownership but you can see people walking on it.
April 4, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
April 19, 2009: Posted HAER photos

Sources

HAER GA-4 - 1860 Brick Arch Viaduct
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

1860 Brick Arch Viaduct

Posted October 5, 2009, by Rich Kaduce (Richard_Kaduce [at] kcmo [dot] org)

The bridge is still in place. Google map street view has some great images of the bridge. (Just north of the intersection of West Boundary and Turner Road.)