Sand Bar Ferry Bridge

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge

Street Address:

Int. of SC 28 & Savannah River, Beech Island (Aiken County)

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Site Number:

S108042001200167

Site Number:

5.012

Date Surveyed:

April 17 1986 at 19:00

Category:

Structure

Construction Date:

1924

Historic Use:

Transportation

Current Use:

Transportation

Architect or Builder:

A. J. Twiggs & Sons, contractor

Construction Method:

Steel frame w/reinforced concrete

Roof Materials:

N/A

Signficant Architectural Features:

Automobile bridge across the Savannah River; steel frame structure w/central open overhead truss section; concrete guardrails; two concrete approaches, extendi ng to the water's edge at each side of the river, then five steel spans, stretching between the concrete approach sections of the bridge OUTBUILDINGS: None

Alterations:

Some railings

Historical Information:

MacDowell quotes a November 1923 article: "The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, when completed, will be the longest, the highest and the heaviest bridge in the two states of Georgia and South Carolina. It will be 1,500 feet in length and the floor will be 72 feet above the high water mark of the turbid Savannah. The cost of the structure, complete, will ba slightly more that $350,000. The bridge will consist of two long concrete approaches, extending to the water's edge, then five steel spans, stretching between the concrete sections of the bridge."; A. J. Twiggs and Sons, contractors; dedicated on 8 July 1924; located at site of a historic ferry, known as Sand Bar Ferry

Source of Historical Information:

MacDowell,“An Aiken Scpbk,“ Vol. 2, p. 51

Survey:

Aiken County Survey (Western Portion), 1986

Archives Location:

Box 12, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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