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Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge

Richmond County, Georgia, and Aiken County, South Carolina

Photos 

Overview

From the Georgia side

Photo taken by James F. Gentner in January 2009

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BH Photo #132379

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder swing bridge over Savannah River on 5th Street in Augusta
Location
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, and Aiken County, South Carolina
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic in May 2020; being converted to pedestrian bridge
History
Built 1931
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 119.8 ft.
Total length: 1,201.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.7 ft.
Recognition
Listed as a contributing resource to the Augusta Downtown Historic District
Also called
5th Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.47650, -81.95704   (decimal degrees)
33°28'35" N, 81°57'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/411079/3704523 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Augusta East
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
2,410
Inventory numbers
GA 24500940 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 38525 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 11.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Aiken County, South Carolina (13)
Augusta, Georgia (13)
Built 1931 (936)
Built during 1930s (11,767)
Closed (2,663)
Deck girder (5,775)
Georgia (633)
Girder (10,296)
Movable (2,987)
NR-contributing (147)
 Owned by county (20,846)
Plate girder (7,980)
Richmond County, Georgia (12)
Savannah River (14)
South Carolina (512)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,408)
State line crossing (854)
Swing (1,465)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,889)

Update Log 

  • December 5, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 11, 2018: Updated by Amber Rhea: Added NR eligibility
  • January 22, 2016: New photos from Martha Carver
  • January 14, 2009: Added by James F. Gentner

Sources 

  • James F. Gentner - jfgentner678 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Martha Carver - martha_carver [at] bellsouth [dot] net
  • Amber Rhea
  • Douglas Butler
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Comments 

Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge
Posted May 16, 2020, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

Bridge to be converted into a pedestrian crossing. Details via podcast and links here: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/05/16/bhc...

Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge
Posted May 24, 2016, by Andrew Penik

Its the correct bridge. 5th Street crosses the Jefferson Davis Bridge

Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge
Posted September 27, 2013, by Jordan Leopard (jordan [at] augustairon [dot] com)

The bridge shown is the 5th Street Bridge. Here is a photo of the swing span pier.

Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge
Posted June 10, 2009, by Bill Rogers (wrogers [at] pitman [dot] com)

Hello,

I believe your map and bridge picture do not match up.

I think the bridge you have in your facts sheet is one bridge to the south in the back ground of the photo.

The bridge pictured is a swing bridge I am trying to research.

The next time I am in town I will get mfg off applique'.