Broad River Bridge, Spanning Broad River at U.S. Highway 29, Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC
Summary
Significance: The completion of this 1,035' span was the last section of a larger project to improve U.S. Highway 29 across South Carolina. The structure is unusual because of its skewed through truss spans.
Survey number: HAER SC-41
Building/structure dates: 1931-1932 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
South Carolina State Highway Department, builder
Dewey Brothers, fabricator
Blackwell, R H.H, fabricator
South Carolina Highway Commission
Phoenix Iron Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Knoxville Iron Company
Pulaski Foundry and Machinery Corporation
George D. Wetherell and Company
U.S. Geological Survey
East Jordan Iron Works, Inc.
Small, R L
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
New South Associates, contractor
Location
Gaffney (S.C.), 35.07179, -81.64982
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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