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14th Street Bridge (1901)
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14th Street Bridge (Old)
Photo from old postcard
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BH Photo #485190
Description
Plaques appear to indicate Oregonia Bridge Company as the fabricator.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chattahoochee River on 14th Street
- Location
- Phenix City, Muscogee County, Georgia, and Russell County, Alabama
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1902; Replaced 1922
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Oregonia Bridge Co. of Lebanon, Ohio (Possibly sublet as fabricator)
- Railroad
- - Interurban
- Design
- (5)7-panel, pinned Pratt through trusses
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.47250, -84.99623 (decimal degrees)
32°28'21" N, 84°59'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/688306/3594579 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 91143 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 22, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added categories "7-panel truss", "Pin-connected", "Lattice Railing", "Interurban", "Finials", "Cresting"
- December 9, 2021: New photo from Dave King
- November 23, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- November 23, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
- November 5, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added dates from HAER doc the on the replacement bridge, which still stands
- November 5, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type and possible fabricator.
- November 5, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com