- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Alcovy Road Bridge, Spanning Alcovy River, Covington, Newton County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fowler, Sammy,
Hawke, Paul,
Maxwell, Jayne H, - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Covington (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
vehicular bridges
bridge construction
civil engineering
Warren trusses
pony trusses
through trusses
Pratt trusses - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, Covington, 33.59678, -83.86018
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 10 | Data Page(s): 2 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Significance: The Alcovy Road Bridge is composed of two steel bolt connected Warren pony trusses with verticals and one pin-connected Pratt through truss. The overall length of the bridge is 225 feet. The bridge is 12 feet in width and has a timber deck. This bridge is one of 73 Pratt trusses recorded in Georgia and one of 41 trusses identified as a Pratt through truss. It is one of four such bridges recorded in Newton County and the only bridge in Newton County composed of more than one truss.
Survey number: HAER GA-62 - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA,109-COVI,4-
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0492/
- 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:
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