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Highland Avenue Bridge

Fulton County, Georgia

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Highland Avenue Bridge

The Atlanta Constitution: March 13 1981

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BH Photo #455623

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Norfolk Southern Railroad on Highland Avenue
Location
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1892
Builder
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
Design
Skewed, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.76133, -84.36176   (decimal degrees)
33°45'41" N, 84°21'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/744348/3738820 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 86584 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,563)
Atlanta, Georgia (59)
Built 1892 (227)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (67)
Fulton County, Georgia (71)
Georgia (633)
Lost (24,724)
 Lost 1983 (106)
Lost during 1980s (1,370)
Owned by city (5,399)
Pratt through truss (5,388)
Pratt truss (9,295)
Replaced by new bridge (16,572)
Through truss (15,058)
Truss (32,778)

Update Log 

  • September 2, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • September 2, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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