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Overview

The 14th Street Bridge has recently been preserved as a pedestrian bridge as part of Columbus' and Phenix City's Riverwalk Park.

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Oblique View (Northwestern Angle)

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Oblique View Again (Northwestern Angle)

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Oblique View (Southwestern Angle)

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Eastern (Columbus, GA) End

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Northern Face of Bridge

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Closeup of an Arch Span

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Western (Phenix City, AL) End

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Bridge Plaque

The plaque denotes the Georgia/AL State Line. The state line, however, is on the AL end of the bridge.

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Bridge Historic Plaque

This bridge, along with the Dillingham Bridge, played a major role in the Civil War's last battle.

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Railing Detail

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Chattahoochee River on 14th Street in Columbus
Status: Bridge is preserved as part of Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL's Riverwalk Park
History: Built 1921
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 79.7 ft.
Total length: 718.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Horace King Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +32.47167, -84.99667 (decimal degrees)
32°28'18" N, 84°59'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/688266/3594485 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Columbus
Inventory number: BH 12593 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1999): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1998): 25,500

Update Log

September 27, 2008: New photos from James McCray
July 9, 2008: Updated by James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
HAER GA-61 - Fourteenth Street Bridge

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