Maintained by NCDOT Opened 1933 Width 13 m | Design Steel stringer Total length 343 m Bodies of water Catawba River, Lake Wylie | |
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Carries 4 lanes of US 29 / US 74 Crosses Catawba River/Lake Wylie Locale Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties Other name(s) Catawba River Bridge and
Soldiers Memorial Bridge Location Gaston County, North Carolina Owner North Carolina Department of Transportation Similar Buster Boyd Bridge, Gastonia, Daniel Stowe Botanical, Sims Legion Park, Hoyle House | ||
The Sloans Ferry Bridge is a four-lane automobile bridge spanning the Catawba River/Lake Wylie between Belmont, in Gaston County, and Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County. The bridge carries US 29/US 74 and is utilized mostly by local traffic.
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Sloans Ferry Bridge I
the first bridge was built in 1911, entirely in reinforced concrete; it was 1,920 feet (590 m) in length and 18 feet (5.5 m) in width. The bridge replaced Sloan's Ferry service, which the bridge was named after. The bridge was damaged by major flooding in July, 1916 and could not be rebuilt till around or after 1920, when it received Federal Aid that help rebuild the bridge as part of the National Highway. In 1921, it became part of NC 20; in 1927, it also became part of US 29/US 74.
Sloans Ferry Bridge II
The second and current bridge was built 1933 and replaced the first Sloans Ferry Bridge. Built in steel and concrete caste-in-place; it is 1,124.1 feet (342.6 m) in length and 43.3 feet (13.2 m) and was helped paid by Federal Aid. Plaques on the bridge show that it was erected as a memorial to the men of the counties of Mecklenburg and Gaston who served in the world war (1917-1918). Originally built as a two-lane bridge with shoulders for pedestrians and temporary parking, it was widen to four-lanes in the 1950s.