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McGirt's Bridge

Bladen County, North Carolina
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Photos 

Oblique View Of South Portal And West Side Of Bridge

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Cape Fear River on US 701
Location
Bladen County, North Carolina
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1923 by the Atlantic Bridge Co.; replaced ca. 1983
Builders
- Atlantic Bridge Co. of Greensboro, North Carolina
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Design
Riveted, 14-panel Pennsylvania through truss with Camelback profile
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 350.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.63252, -78.60286   (decimal degrees)
34°37'57" N, 78°36'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/719738/3834905 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Elizabethtown North
Inventory number
BH 23223 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

14-panel truss (11)
Atlantic Bridge Co. (10)
Bladen County, North Carolina (3)
Built 1923 (415)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
Cape Fear River (7)
HAER documented (781)
Lost (10,353)
Lost 1983 (29)
Lost during 1980s (435)
 North Carolina (305)
Owned by state (9,806)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Replaced by new bridge (7,132)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Through truss (9,202)
Truss (23,562)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (73)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2010: Updated by Bob Morgan: added map marker
  • December 31, 2009: Posted HAER photos
  • September 6, 2006: Posted HAER photos

Sources 

  • HAER NC-29 - McGirt's Bridge, Spanning Cape Fear River
  • Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com
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McGirt's Bridge
Posted January 2, 2011, by Doug Z. (tarheelman1000 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I road accross this bridge 100s of times back in the 1970s on the way back to White Lake(Home)..It felt scary at times.But i do miss Bladen.