Turner Broadcasting tower
| Turner Broadcasting tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Steel lattice television tower |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°46′57″N 84°23′19″W / 33.7825°N 84.388611°W |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Destroyed | 2010 |
| Height | 314.3 m (1,031 ft) |
The Turner Broadcasting tower was a 314.3-meter (1,031 ft) free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia. It was located next to the Downtown Connector between Spring, West Peachtree, 10th and 12th Streets in Midtown. The tower had a triangular cross-section and was built on the site of a previous four-sided broadcast tower built for WAGA-TV 5 and to serve WJRJ-TV which was founded by Rice Broadcasting Inc. which was owned by a local Atlanta entrepreneur, Jack M. Rice, Jr. It is the tallest freestanding structure to ever be voluntarily removed in the United States and third tallest in the world.
