Rex Bridge
Description
Mill Walk was formerly known as Rex RoadInformation from updated Georgia Historic Bridge Survey (GHBS):
Setting/Context:
The bridge carried a local collector or arterial road over a stream at the mill at Rex. It was bypassed in 2010-11 and has been removed from the state inventory. The bridge remains in place.
Physical Description:
The riveted, Warren with verticals and polygonal upper chords is traditionally composed. The upper chords/end posts are rolled H section. Verticals and diagonals are built up members are lower chords. Many of the original field bolts have been replaced by high strength bolts. Each floorbeam is underpinned at the ends, but several of the beams do not bear on the added supports. One end post has impact damage. Concrete deck.
Summary of Significance:
The 1932 Warren pony truss bridge was determined eligible in 1981 as part of the state's first bridge survey . It is also located in what appears to be a small historic district centered at the bridge, mill, brick commercial building and the railroad. It was underpinned at some point. The bridge has been bypassed by a new bridge on a new alignment, but it remains in place next to the mill.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Big Cotton Indian Creek on Mill Walk
- Location
- Clayton County, Georgia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932
- Builder
- - Austin Brothers Bridge Co. of Dallas, Texas/Atlanta, Georgia [also known as Austin Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Riveted Polygonal Warren Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 94.8 ft.
Total length: 94.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Big Cotton Indian Creek Bridge
Rex Mill Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.59303, -84.26880 (decimal degrees)
33°35'35" N, 84°16'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/753454/3720376 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jonesboro
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 8,420
- Inventory numbers
- GA 06300860 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 12540 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- June 18, 2018: Updated by Amber Rhea: Added NR eligibility info from GHBS
- September 1, 2015: Updated by Andy Peters: changes name to Rex Bridge
- April 25, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated GPS and info.
- April 23, 2010: New photos from James Legg
Related Bridges
- New Rex Road Bridge (Downstream) - Rex Road re-routed to new bridge; old bridge now carries Mill Walk
Sources
- JT Legg - talmo346 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Amber Rhea
Comments
Bridge now closed to traffic since the new bridge was built slightly downstream and Rex Road was widened and re-routed about two years ago. The pony truss bridge is now a pedestrian only structure and is slated to be the centerpiece of a redeveloped historic Rex, Ga.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ga/clayton/6300860/
Bridge is fully open to vehicular traffic, as of September 2015