- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Jefferson County Road 255 Bridge, Spanning Rocky Comfort Creek, Louisville, Jefferson County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fowler, Sammy,
Hawke, Paul,
Maxwell, Jayne H, - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Louisville (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
vehicular bridges
bridge construction
civil engineering
pony trusses
Warren trusses - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jefferson County, Louisville, 33.00154, -82.41124
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 7 | Data Page(s): 2 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Significance: Jefferson County Road 255 Bridge is composed of two steel rivet connected Warren pony trusses with verticals. It measures 470 feet in length and 11.6 feet in width and has a timber deck. This bridge is one of 71 Warren truss bridges recorded on the Georgia Historic Bridge Survey. It is one of 68 trusses identified as a Warren pony truss and one of 56 identified as a Warren pony truss with verticals. It is the only such bridge in Jefferson County.
Survey number: HAER GA-60 - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA,82-LOUVI,2-
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0490/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
