Boylan Avenue Bridge, Boylan Avenue between West Martin & West Hargett Streets, Raleigh, Wake County, NC

Significance: Two street-railway separation bridges are located on South Boylan Avenue between West Martin and West Hargett Streets. The inventoried bridge is a riveted structural street Warren through truss, 150.0 feet between main support pins, 24.0 foot clear roadway, and provides a minimum vertical clearance of 17.6 feet. Wooden deck sidewalks, 8.0 feet wide, are cantilevered outside the truss on each side. This bridge was built in 1913 for the Seaboard Airline Railway Company (presently the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company). The reinforced concrete substructure was constructed by Charles V. York, Contractor, of Raleigh, North Carolina. The superstructure was fabricated and erected by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. The second bridge is reinforced concrete deck slab, 49 feet in length of three spans (16 feet, 17 feet, 16 feet), and provided a clear roadway width of 26.0 feet with 7 foot sidewalks on each side.
Survey number: HAER NC-20
Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction