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Long Cane Creek Bridge

Troup County, Georgia

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Long Cane Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Amber Rhea in June 2016

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #357482

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Description 

4-span concrete tee beam bridge built by the State Highway Department in the early 1920s. Used a standard design with open railings. Bypassed between 1963 and 1965 when a new bridge was built and the highway alignment was shifted slightly.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned concrete tee beam bridge over Long Cane Creek on old alignment of US 27/SR 1
Location
LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1922; bypassed mid-1960s
Builder
- State Highway Department
Design
Concrete tee beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 26.0 ft.
Total length: 104.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.99231, -85.00429   (decimal degrees)
32°59'32" N, 85°00'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/686462/3652203 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cannonville
Inventory number
BH 72661 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,650)
Beam (15,715)
Built 1922 (694)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Concrete tee beam (3,168)
Georgia (633)
 LaGrange, Georgia (3)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
State Highway Department (24)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,169)
Troup County, Georgia (8)

Update Log 

  • June 29, 2016: Added by Amber Rhea

Sources 

  • Amber Rhea

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