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King Street Overhead Bridge

Coordinates: 35°14′27″N 81°20′41″W / 35.24083°N 81.34472°W / 35.24083; -81.34472
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King Street Overhead Bridge
King Street Overhead Bridge is located in North Carolina
King Street Overhead Bridge
King Street Overhead Bridge is located in the United States
King Street Overhead Bridge
LocationKing St. Bet. Battleground and Railroad Aves., Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates35°14′27″N 81°20′41″W / 35.24083°N 81.34472°W / 35.24083; -81.34472
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)-1939
Built byCraven, William L.; et.al.
Architectural styleRigid-frame bridge
NRHP reference No.05000268[1]
Added to NRHPApril 6, 2005

King Street Overhead Bridge is a historic overhead bridge located at Kings Mountain, North Carolina. It was built in 1938–1939, and is a reinforced concrete Moderne-style rigid-frame vehicular bridge. It measures about 48 feet long and 49 feet wide and carries West King Street over the Norfolk Southern Railway railroad tracks.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davyd Foard Hood (July 2004). "King Street Overhead Bridge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.