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Chattahoochee River Bridge

Muscogee County, Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama

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Overview

The 14th Street Bridge has recently been preserved as a pedestrian bridge as part of Columbus' and Phenix City's Riverwalk Park.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Chattahoochee River on 14th Street in Columbus
Location
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama
Status
Bridge is preserved as part of Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL's Riverwalk Park
History
Built 1921
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.7 ft.
Total length: 718.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Horace King Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.47167, -84.99667   (decimal degrees)
32°28'18" N, 84°59'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/688266/3594485 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Columbus
Inventory numbers
GA 21500100 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 12593 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alabama (889)
Arch (11,439)
Built 1921 (534)
Built during 1920s (9,370)
Chattahoochee River (17)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,730)
Columbus, Georgia (8)
Deck arch (10,683)
Georgia (576)
Have street view (24,988)
 Muscogee County, Georgia (9)
NR-eligible (3,998)
Open to pedestrians (3,761)
Owned by city (4,846)
Russell County, Alabama (7)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,106)
State line crossing (776)
Structurally deficient (17,077)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,634)

Update Log 

  • March 1, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 27, 2008: New photos from James McCray
  • July 9, 2008: Updated by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER GA-61 - Fourteenth Street Bridge
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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