Fitzpatrick Bridge

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Fitzpatrick Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in February 2011

Overview: Warren deck truss bridge over Tallapoosa River on Al 14 in Tallassee
Location: Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama, and Tallapoosa County, Alabama
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1940
Design: Warren deck truss
Horizontal curve 2 1/2 degrees
Declining grade from west to east (the east end is thirty feet lower than the west end)
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 299.9 ft.
Total length: 1,737.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Also called: Tallapoosa River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +32.53384, -85.88824 (decimal degrees)
32°32'02" N, 85°53'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/604401/3600155 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Tallassee
Inventory numbers: AL 2550 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 47924 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 13,970

Fitzpatrick Bridge

Posted January 25, 2012, by Ben Tate (benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I found a website that claims this bridge was "At one time the world�s longest curved truss bridge."