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Ernest Vandiver Causeway

Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman County, Georgia

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Ernest Vandiver Causeway

Clear day elevation of haunched plate girder bridge (left) and causeway (right). Note the alteration to the bridge pier by way of a large concrete block/beam

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Description 

The Ernest Vandiver Causeway crosses the Chattahoochee River between Eufaula, Alabama and Georgetown, Georgia. The crossing is mostly composite concrete fill, but at the far western end is a steel haunched deck plate girder bridge, which is a design of girder bridge that outside of Arkansas is relatively uncommon. An unusual alternation to the structure is that a large concrete block has been added on top of one of the piers - it is not clear what purpose this alteration served or may be presently serving.

Facts 

Overview
Haunched deck plate girder bridge over Chattahoochee River on U.S. Route 82
Location
Georgetown, Barbour County, Alabama, and Quitman County, Georgia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1962
Design
Steel haunched deck plate girder bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 1,131.9 ft.
Deck width: 55.4 ft.
Also called
Eufaula-Georgetown Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.89135, -85.13335   (decimal degrees)
31°53'29" N, 85°08'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/676536/3529912 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
13,980
Inventory numbers
AL 7641 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 89537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.1 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Alabama (1,014)
Barbour County, Alabama (5)
Built 1962 (225)
Built during 1960s (2,150)
Causeway (12)
Chattahoochee River (26)
Deck girder (6,340)
Deck plate girder (66)
Georgetown, Georgia (4)
Georgia (681)
 Girder (11,231)
Haunched deck plate girder (92)
Open (41,014)
Owned by state (16,592)
Plate girder (8,778)
Quitman County, Georgia (5)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,077)
State line crossing (922)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,005)
US 82 (27)

Update Log 

  • June 8, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel

Sources 

  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com

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