Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge Explained

Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge
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
Coordinates:35.2414°N -81.3447°W
Architect:Southern Railway District Engineer
Architecture:T-beam
Added:April 19, 2007
Refnum:07000351

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, inches, wide and goes over the Norfolk Southern Railway railroad tracks.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davyd Foard Hood. Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 2006. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.