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Marietta Road Bridge

Fulton County, Georgia

Photos 

Aerial View Of Bridge Looking North

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #137629

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Southern Railroad Yard (Inman) on Marietta Road in Atlanta
Location
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca. 1900; Replaced 1978
Railroads
- Georgia Railway & Electric Co.
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Streetcar
Design
Double-barreled, three-span, pin-connected Whipple (double-intersection Pratt) through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.78880, -84.43628   (decimal degrees)
33°47'20" N, 84°26'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/737368/3741693 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Northwest Atlanta
Inventory number
BH 42376 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atlanta, Georgia (59)
Built 1900 (919)
Built during 1900s (7,267)
Double-barreled (80)
Fulton County, Georgia (71)
Georgia (636)
Georgia Railway & Electric Co. (2)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (387)
HAER documented (1,107)
Lost (25,070)
Lost 1978 (64)
Lost during 1970s (795)
 Owned by city (5,501)
Pin-connected (3,932)
Rail-and-Road (381)
Rail-to-road (345)
Railroad (15,618)
Replaced by new bridge (16,854)
Southern Railway (366)
Streetcar (280)
Through truss (15,216)
Truss (33,019)
Whipple truss (390)

Update Log 

  • April 19, 2009: Added by Kim Harvey

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Marietta Road Bridge
Posted February 5, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Pretty clearly relocated from somewhere else. It appears that the trusses were actually rather unaltered when the photos were taken

Marietta Road Bridge
Posted September 29, 2010, by Patrick Sullivan (psullivan [at] newsouthassoc [dot] com)

This bridge was erected by the Georgia Railway and Electric Company as part of its Cooper St-Inman Yards streetcar line. The structure was most likely erected when the line was extended for workers of the Inman Yards c. 1905.

Sources: Freight Terminal At Iman Yards to Cost $163,000. Atlanta Georgian, 4/20/1910, page 1.

'Inventory and Appraisal of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, Railway Department, Summary. 1924. John A. Beeler, Consulting Engineer, New York.