- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning State Route 155, City Street 792, & Norfolk Southern Railway, Griffin, Spalding County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Griffin (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
truss bridges
bridges
pedestrian bridges
Georgia -- Spalding County -- Griffin - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Spalding County, Griffin, 33.24678, -84.26409
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 21 | Data Page(s): 6 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Significance: The bridge is a rare, surviving example of a rail-carrying, pin-connected Warren truss bridge. Most of these bridge types were lost during a period of transition for the railroads. Beginning in the 1890s and continuing through the 1910s, the weight of rolling stock dramatically increased forcing railroads to switch to stiffer and stronger riveted truss bridges. Coincidentally, the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated that the railroad provide overpass bridges around this time. Rather than completely constructing new bridges, the railroads frequently moved outdated bridge spans for this use.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1234
Survey number: HAER GA-159
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA-159
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga1052/
- 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:
-
