Broad River Bridge

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Description 

"Prior to its replacement in 2009, this bridge carried Gray's Road, east of Rutherfordton, 256 feet across the Broad River. It consisted of eight spans, the 130-foot-long, Camelback through truss main span and seven 18-foot-long, steel stringer approach spans. The truss was composed of pin-connected, eye-bar tension members and riveted, built-up, compression members of standard steel sections. The bridge was supported on fieldstone abutments, four concrete bents and, at its truss, two built-up, steel, cylindrical, column bents filled with concrete. Rather than demolish the bridge, the state had the contractor dismantle it for re-use. It was subsequently discarded, however."-NCDOT

Facts 

Overview

Lost through truss bridge over Broad River on SR 1155

Location

Rutherford County, North Carolina

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1917

Design

Through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 129.9 ft.
Total length: 255.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.32903, -82.02611   (decimal degrees)
35°19'45" N, 82°01'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/406740/3910015 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Pea Ridge

Average daily traffic (as of 2015)

90

Inventory number

BH 58358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of May 2017)

Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 100 (out of 100)
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Update Log 

• August 11, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: description
• October 10, 2013: Added by Michael Miller

Sources 

• Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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