- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Georgia-Carolina Memorial Bridge, State Highway 72, Elberton, Elbert County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- Swift, James Y,
Williams, Emmett M,
O'Kain, Dennis,
Johnson, John P, - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Elberton (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
vehicular bridges
bridge construction
transportation engineering
civil engineering - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Elbert County, Elberton, 34.11159, -82.86863
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 11 | Data Page(s): 4 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Significance: The Georgia-Carolina Memorial Bridge is an 11-span reinforced concrete arch bridge crossing the Savannah River between Elbert County, Georgia, and Abbeville County, South Carolina. The bridge was dedicated on Armistice Day 1927. At the time of its construction it was one of the largest reinforced concrete bridges in the southeastern United States.
Survey number: HAER GA-38
Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA,53-ELBE.V,2-
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0202/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
