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Brunswick, Georgia
Brunswick ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Savannah, Georgia, Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the population of the city proper was 15,210; the Brunswick metropolitan area's population as of 2020 was 113,495. Established as "Brunswick" after the German duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchy of Brunswick–Lüneburg, the ancestral home of the House of Hanover, the municipal community was incorporated as a city in 1856. Throughout its history, Brunswick has served as an important port city; in World War II, for example, it served as a strategic military location with an operational base for escort blimps and a shipbuilding facility for the United States Maritim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Lanier Bridge
The Sidney Lanier Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Brunswick River (Georgia), Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. The bridge is named after Georgia-born poet Sidney Lanier and carries part of U.S. Route 17 in Georgia. It was also the name of an earlier bridge which was next to the current site. The initial plans for a bridge at the location came from Georgia Governor Melvin E. Thompson, who thought it would help the tourism industry on nearby Jekyll Island. Construction commenced under his administration and continued under the next two governors, overseen by the State Toll Bridge Authority. The original bridge was a vertical-lift bridge that opened to traffic as a toll bridge in 1956. However, due to poor navigational clearance, the bridge suffered two ship collisions, with 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse, one in 1972 resulting in the deaths of ten individuals. Additionally, by the late 1990s, the low vertical clearance prevented larger cargo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
