Augusta GA IronMan 5 Sixth Street Railroad Trestle Bridge Architectural Art

by Reid Callaway

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Augusta GA IronMan 5 Sixth Street Railroad Trestle Bridge Architectural Art

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Reid Callaway

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Augusta GA IronMan 5.....By Reid Callaway
Sixth Street Railroad Trestle Bridge Architectural Art

The railroad bridge over the Savannah River and looking into South Carolina is the main attraction in this image but sky in an image can tremendously improve almost any image and make the subject more interesting. The clouds in this trestle truss style railroad bridge make this image stand out and your eyes can't help but be drawn to them.

This is the Sixth Street Bridge, a drawbridge over the Savanna River connects North Augusta, SC to neighboring Augusta, Georgia. Built in 1912 for Southern Railroad, it replaced rail access from South Carolina to Augusta after the 1853 South Carolina Railroad Bridge stretching from former Hamburg, to Augusta was dismantled in 1908. Today the Sixth Street Bridge is maintained and operated by Norfork Southern Railroad. Though the span load no longer opens for boats, the bridge functioned with a Scherzer rolling lift, a 101 foot rolling lift span developed by Chicago engineer William Daniel Scherzer. The Sixth Street Bridge, named after the street in Augusta where it connects to other rail lines is still in operation by Norfolk Southern Railroad.

The railroad line is interesting because on the Augusta, Georgia side of the bridge the approaching line runs right down the middle of Sixth Street similar to how street cars in Philadelphia or San Francisco do. It is uncommon to see active freight railroad lines like this one that run right down a road in this manner today.

This bridge sees two through freight trains in each direction daily plus grain and coal unit trains as necessary. The area around the bridge is now a park and marina and is very well maintained.

This bridge is a multi-span structure that contains a variety of spans. From South Carolina to Georgia there are first a series of numerous short stringer spans. This is followed by two Warren through truss spans with riveted connections, a Warren through truss span with pinned connections, a through plate girder, a single lead rolling lift Warren through truss bascule truss span with riveted connections, and finally another Warren through truss span with pinned connections. It is assumed that the spans are not all the same age. At the very least, the through truss approach spans with riveted connections are likely newer than the through truss approach spans with pinned connections. The pin connections on the approach spans have been extensively. bascule span no longer operates for boats.

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January 3rd, 2018

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