Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge, also known as North Carolina Bridge #220426, is a historic overhead bridge located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1919, and is a reinforced concrete tee-beam vehicular bridge. It measures about 80 feet long and 18 feet, 7+1⁄2 inches, wide and goes over the Norfolk Southern Railway railroad tracks.[2]
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| Location | Spanning the double tracks on the Norfolk Southern RR bet. Battleground and Railroad Aves., 1/2 blk N of King St., Kings Mountain, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°14′29″N 81°20′41″W / 35.24139°N 81.34472°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Southern Railway District Engineer |
| Architectural style | T-beam |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000351[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 19, 2007 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood (February 2006). "Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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