The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-09
FOUR GREAT BRIDGES
santee and Wateree Projects and Two on the
Savannah All Under Way-Engmeer De-
scribes Construction Features
Heavy Permanent Work and
80 Careful Engineering

Retaining the concrete work and
the general supervision. directed by
James Pinnel, superintendent. the
! Rolin corporation sublet the earth
work on the Berkeley county side
Ito Cornell-Ycung company, OF
Macon, Ca. and Charlotte. N. c.,
and on the Williamsburg county
side to p. O. .Arrowsmith OF Kings
tree, S. c.. The clearing of the
right of way. 200 feet wide, and
construction of a temporary trestle
! was sublet to Brice LaBruce, of
|: charleston, S. C. The level of the
roadway is to be three feet above
| the high water mark Of the 1916
flood. Some Of the concrete has
ibeen laid under 2S feet OF water
land concrete construction has been
greatly delayed by high water since
early February.
4sFor bringing in material the
Rolln corporation laid five miles
sof standard gauge railroad from St.
iStephens. on the Atlantic Coast
Line. alongside country highway
| to the edge of the swamp.
-. L. Parker, special bridge ensi-
neer, state highway department. is
] the designer and IN charge of the
:construction Wac. Roberts is the
resident engineer and j. w. VIII
I; lianas is assistant.
/ eerhe total cost will be about
$3.50. zoo.
.Eunds are provided by the San
tee bridge district, composed OF the
counties of Charleston. Williams
burg and Berkeley. and eone-hal0
by. the federal government. Wil-
lIiamsburg is to pay 10000 Berke-
ley $40, Gee and Charleston the bal
.ance..
ssThis work is one of the largest
bridge projects in the Southern
states. It will be an important
slinlgin the proposed Atlantic. coast
;al highway and will fill a long felt
want in South Caroina.
Eridge at Sand Bar Ferry.
| The construction of Sand Bar
Ferry bridge was begun on March
Il. 1921, as federal aid project No.
f1z7 Aiken county. It is on the
Beech island road foar miles below
Augusta. Ga, at Sand Bar Ferry,
,the locality once Known as duel
ling ground
] IT'S. foot steel deck spans and one
ITS foot steel through span on re-
iinfcrced concrete piers. The super
structure of the approaches IS OF
Ireinforced concrete on bents Of the
same. material, and extends 511 feet
ION the Georgia side and 50 feet on
the South Carolina side. The to-
ttal length Of the structure is about
l.4se feet. The floor of the through
span stands y feet above low water
lin the river.
saThe total estimated cost of the
work is 1922, 1888, to be divided
equally between Georgia and
South. Carolina. being a joint state
project. Aiken county bears one
fo1rth of the cost and the federal
sd portion for South Carolina IS
one-fourth.
The contractors for the sub
structure are A. J.. Twiggs & Sons.
Augusta. Ca, and for the super
structure the Virginia Bridge and
Iron company. Roanoke, Va. The
resident engineer is Cecil Johnson
and construction is under the super
vision of Joseph w Barnweh, Jr-'
bridge engineer for the state hlgn-
way department.
The Natcree River Bridge.
: esThe construction OF the bridge
across the wateree river at Gar
ners ferry was begun in June, 1871.
Construction is now in progress
and. at the end of September 1t
is estimated TO be SO per cent. COM
Jplete. The structure as planned
has a total length Of 1857 feet 8
inches and comprises two 16S foot
steel truss main spans on concrete
piers. 25 ss IL foot reinforced
concrete beam spans with concrete
supports on wooden piles and "a
/ 16- foot panels Of creosoted timber
trestle.
j .The total estimated cost is
si49.6lS.S6. one-half of which will
be met with federal aid-the other
fait equally by the two counties
,oe Sumter and Richland.
.sThe contractors for the steel
works are Austin Bros. Bridge COM
!, pany of Atlanta, Ca, and for the
concrete work and approaches the
Hardaway Construction company
OF Columbus, Ga. f. K Plough is
resident engineer,
ct has been arranged to have
400 feet Of additional trestle on the
Eichland side of the river.
: THE completion OF this bridge
VIII epen another road to Sumter
end the Pee Dee section of the
state. For The most part of the
route there viii be hard surface in
Richland. through Sumter and
Florence counties to the city OF
iFlorence--hecoming one OF the
ir,ost important highways in the
state and obyiating the necessity OF
tie de.our to the crossing Of the
Wateree river at Camden.
New Bridge ut Savannah.
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