Augusta, Georgia, is not only the home of The Masters, but it also has a really nice butt... and here's the picture...



To all you "net pervs" out there that were looking for "nice butts"... BUSTED!!!

The above photo is a bird's eye view of Augusta's legendary Butt Memorial Bridge , an ornate structure decorated with gilded lions, glass globes, and masonry eagles. It also holds the distinction as being Georgia's only Titanic memorial.

Opened to traffic in 1914, the bridge was dedicated to the memory of Augusta native Archibald Willingham Butt, a U.S. Army major and military aide to (and friend of) President William Howard Taft. Major Butt died in 1912 on the Titanic. President Taft traveled to Augusta and personally dedicated this bridge in an emotional ceremony to Major Butt. (Incidentally, the dedication ceremony date was April 15th, the very date when the Titanic sunk.)

During the 1980's the Georgia DOT proposed tearing down the Butt Bridge and building a new bridge on the same site, leading locals to organize a "Save Our Butt" campaign. Thanks to the campaign, GDOT's initial proposal was scrapped in favor of a brand new St. Sebastian Way bridge just down the Augusta Canal. This new bridge was just opened to traffic this week. The Butt Bridge still remains open to traffic, but with the new bridge now open, it should see less than the 14,000 vehicles per day that had been traveling over it.

Several months ago, I read about this famous bridge and it is definitely something I want to see (and drive over). Augusta also has something else I have yet to "clinch"... I-520. Last time I visited the Augusta area, I drove I-520 (a.k.a. Bobby Jones Expressway) as far as US 25/GA 121 (Exit 7), Should I check out Augusta's Butt first and then "clinch" I-520? Hmmmm... what a dilemma.

Well, folks, that's it for now. Thanks for reading and please come back often.

SOURCES:
-"On The Titanic: Archie Butt ", Professor Donald E. Wilkes, Jr., University of Georgia School of Law, April, 1994
-"St. Sebastian Ramps, Bridge Aid Commuters ", The Augusta Chronicle, August 20, 2010
- Google Earth (Bridge Picture)

 

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