King Street Overhead Bridge
Introduction
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Built-in 1938, in the streamlined Art Moderne Style, the concrete bridge connects the 100 and 200 blocks of West Kings Street over the railroad. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Comparing the two bridges, King Street has seen massive innovation compared to the earlier bridge, "Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge."
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Backstory and Context
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[Audio Transcript] Built in 1938, in the streamlined Art Moderne Style, the concrete bridge connects the 100 and 200 blocks of West Kings Street over the railroad. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Comparing the two bridges King Street has seen massive innovation compared the earlier bridge, "Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge".
Sources
"Kings Mountain Downtown Historical Walking Tour Pamphlet", City of Kings Mountain, Mauney Memorial Library, 2000s