King Street Overhead Bridge Explained

King Street Overhead Bridge
Location:King St. Bet. Battleground and Railroad Aves., Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.2408°N -81.3447°W
Built:-1939
Builder:Craven, William L.; et.al.
Architecture:Rigid-frame bridge
Added:April 6, 2005
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:05000268

King Street Overhead Bridge is a historic overhead bridge located at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1938–1939, and is a reinforced concrete Moderne-style rigid-frame vehicular bridge. It measures about 48 feet long and 49 feet wide and carries West King Street over the Norfolk Southern Railway railroad tracks.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood. King Street Overhead Bridge. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2004 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.