Road S-1-133 Bridge, Spanning Long Cane Creek, Abbeville

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The Road S-1-133/Lang Cane Creek is identified as Abbeville 4 in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Highway Bridge Inventory. This Warren pony truss bridge has a polygonal upper chord and rigid joints. It was determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places on January 28,

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This documentation was undertaken in November, in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as a means to mitigate the replacement of this historic non-metal truss bridge. Report Prepared by: Blanche S. Sproul Environmental Manager South Carolina Department of Transportation P. 0. Box 191 Columbia, Date: December ROAD BRIDGE HAER No. Page 2 The Abbeville 4 bridge is a single span, Warren pony truss bridge with a polygonal upper chord and rigid joints. It carries Road over the waters of Long Cane Creek.

Completed in its similarity with bridges Abbeville 2 and Abbeville 3 suggests that this bridge was also designed by the South Carolina Highway Department (now South Carolina Department of Transportation. It is located in rural southeastern Abbeville County approximately 4.4 miles east of the County Seat of Abbeville, South Carolina (see Location Map on page 4). The road carried by the bridge was reportedly the first paved road in Abbeville County. This occurred in The setting is still rural and is bordered by compartments of the Sumter National Forest. The bridge measures 100 by 18 feet by meters). Inspection reports for the bridge list the construction date as All of the joints on the bridge are riveted suggesting that the bridge was originally constructed on this site.

The bridge was part of a statewide survey of metal truss highway bridges conducted in This study, conducted by Clemson University in conjunction with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, resulted in the identification of 42 metal truss bridges statewide with sufficient historic interest to merit nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Out of the 87 pony truss bridges in the South Carolina survey, 24 are Warren pony truss bridges with a polygonal upper chord. The Abbeville 4 bridge is one of only two of these 24 bridges determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The other significant similar bridge is the Edgefield 1 bridge carrying S. C. Route 23 over the waters of Stevens Creek. Road BRIDGE HAER No.

Page 3 Primary and Unpublished Source: Elling, Rudolf E. and Gayland B. Witherspoon Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. Ms. on file, South Carolina Department of Transportation, Columbia. ROAD BRIDGE HAER No. Page 4 Bridge Replacement on Rd. Over Long Cane Creek Abbeville County, S. C. Shaded Area Indicates 0 2 County Location in SC SCALE MILES