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Augusta Ga Riverwalk Marina....by Reid Callaway
6th Street Norfolk Southern RR Bridge
Savannah River Art

The Sixth Street Bridge 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 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 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...

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