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Tallapoosa River Bridge

Cleburne County, Alabama

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CR 290 Tallapoosa River Pony Truss

Photo taken by C Hanchey in June 2011

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BH Photo #201547

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Tallapoosa River on CR 290
Location
Cleburne County, Alabama
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1954
Design
Polygonal Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 215.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.73264, -85.37203   (decimal degrees)
33°43'57" N, 85°22'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/650816/3733702 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tallapoosa South
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
30
Inventory numbers
AL 4943 (Alabama bridge number)
BH 36053 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.6 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Alabama (1,049)
Built 1954 (385)
Built during 1950s (4,075)
Cleburne County, Alabama (21)
Closed (2,797)
Lally columns (421)
Owned by county (22,007)
Polygonal Warren pony truss (401)
 Polygonal Warren truss (1,196)
Pony truss (17,556)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,682)
Tallapoosa River (13)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,697)
Truss (38,330)
Warren truss (7,182)

Update Log 

  • March 25, 2022: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "Tallapoosa River", "Lally columns"
  • August 19, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 15, 2011: New photos from C Hanchey

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Tallapoosa River Bridge--closed
Posted November 24, 2019, by Jimmy Emerson (jsedvm [at] charter [dot] net)

This bridge is closed to traffic as of Nov 23, 2019.

Tallapoosa River Bridge
Posted January 16, 2019, by Todd Vierling (tv [at] duh [dot] org)

Orange temp sign said "bridge out" a few weeks ago as I was going past the west end of CR 290. I'll visit up close soon for status and update appropriately.