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View Of Apalachicola River Bridge Spans 1, 2, And 3, West Side, From South Shore Of River (Liberty County Side), Facing North

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Through truss bridge over Apalachicola River on FL 20
Location: Calhoun County, Florida, and Liberty County, Florida
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1938; rehabilitated 1998
Builder: - Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design: Cantilever through truss following the arch-truss design.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 279.9 ft.
Total length: 8,397.4 ft. (1.6 mi.)
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.43699, -85.00065 (decimal degrees)
30°26'13" N, 85°00'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/692001/3368906 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Blountstown
Inventory numbers: FDOT 470029 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12354 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2011): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 75.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 4,348

HAER FL-12 - Apalachicola River Bridge, State Route 20 spanning the Apalachicola River, Blountstown vicinity, Calhoun County, FL
Kim Harvey
Nathan Holth