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AC&W - Thrift Road Bridge

Chatham County, North Carolina

Photos 

Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2015

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BH Photo #347961

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Width is an estimate

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Thrift Rd on AC&WRR/NSRR
Location
Gulf, Chatham County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1925
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Also called
ACW - Thrift Road Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.56126, -79.28797   (decimal degrees)
35°33'41" N, 79°17'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/655158/3936635 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Goldston
Inventory numbers
000000000370430
BH 68817 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway (10)
American Bridge Co. (1,521)
Built 1925 (1,276)
Built during 1920s (9,956)
Chatham County, North Carolina (14)
Deck girder (5,777)
Girder (10,298)
Gulf, North Carolina (1)
 Have street view (27,064)
North Carolina (966)
Open (39,976)
Owned by railroad (12,497)
Plate girder (7,982)
Southern Railway (364)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)

Update Log 

  • February 1, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • August 9, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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