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Old Salem Heritage Bridge
Description
-1) There are more than 600 principal timbers in the Old Salem Bridge. All are southern yellow pine, which was a favorite of both colonial American builders and modern builders because of its strength and durability. Additionally, most of the timbers used in this bridge were reclaimed from a previous use. Not only do these timbers have tight growth rings, high heartwood concentration, and dimensional stability inherent in old growth timber, but they also have history. Some came from a demolished early 20th century fertilizer plant in Chesapeake, Virginia, while others came from the Champion Paper Mill in Canton, NC built in 1886. The oldest timbers were pulled up out of the cotton docks of Savannah Harbor in Savannah, Georgia, where they had been used as piling for over 200 years. 2)The total cost for the Old Salem Timber Pedestrian Bridge, which was completed in December 1998, was $1,950,910. FHWA enhancement funding contributed 80%, or $1,560,728, and the state provided the 20% match, or $390,182. -Taken from the NCDOT site-http://www.ncdot.gov/programs/environment/awards/oldsalem.htmlFacts
- Overview
- Burr arch-truss bridge over Old Salem Road on Pedestrian
- Location
- Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1998
- Builders
- - David Fischetti, P.E.
- Fowler Jones Beers Construction Co.
- Design
- Modified Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 124.0 ft.
- Also called
- Old Salem Road Pedestrian Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.08331, -80.24216 (decimal degrees)
36°04'60" N, 80°14'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/568231/3993454 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Winston-Salem East
- Inventory number
- BH 68064 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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