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SAL - Savannah River Bridge

Chatham County, Georgia

Photos 

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #439596

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bascule bridge over Savannah River on Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Location
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca 1910; Replaced 1952 after a ship collision in 1951
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Georgia & Alabama Railway (G&ARy)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
Design
Through truss rolling lift bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 151.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.10381, -81.11743   (decimal degrees)
32°06'14" N, 81°07'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/488920/3551948 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Savannah
Inventory number
BH 62218 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,085)
Built 1910 (1,208)
Built during 1910s (9,975)
Chatham County, Georgia (26)
Georgia (676)
Georgia & Alabama Railway (1)
Lost (28,561)
Lost 1951 (67)
Lost during 1950s (870)
Movable (3,117)
 Navigable waterway (2,206)
Railroad (16,463)
Replaced by new bridge (19,427)
Savannah River (17)
Savannah, Georgia (16)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Seaboard Air Line Railway (120)
Through truss (16,834)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,190)
Truss (35,523)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • August 2, 2014: Added by Luke

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