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B & S Road Bridge

Catoosa County, Georgia

Photos 

Looking west

Photo taken by Eddie Douthitt in November 2009

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BH Photo #149186

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Chickamauga Creek on decommissioned section of County Road 281
Location
Catoosa County, Georgia
Status
Used by property owner for access to fields
History
Built 1918
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 47.9 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.90197, -85.07767   (decimal degrees)
34°54'07" N, 85°04'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/675636/3863857 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ringgold
Inventory numbers
GA 04750260 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 43623 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1918 (504)
Built during 1910s (10,013)
Catoosa County, Georgia (9)
Georgia (681)
Open (41,011)
Owned privately (1,945)
Pin-connected (4,868)
 Pony truss (17,080)
Pratt pony truss (3,985)
Pratt truss (10,404)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,274)
Structurally deficient (12,821)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,560)
Truss (35,944)

Update Log 

  • December 3, 2021: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • January 14, 2017: New photos from Ben Tate
  • November 20, 2009: Updated by Eddie Douthitt: Status
  • November 15, 2009: Added by Eddie Douthitt

Sources 

  • Eddie Douthitt - dalton1861 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

B & S Road Bridge
Posted January 15, 2017, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Andrew, your photo has been added to the correct page, photo #46 here:

http://bridgehunter.com/tx/comal/150460025303019/

Thanks!

B & S Road Bridge
Posted January 15, 2017, by Andrew

I am sorry that my comment is not on the bridge you made a comment on but i ran across a pic of the 281 guadalupe bridge from 1937 and wanted to post it on this sight can you help me get this photo to the correct spot thank you

B & S Road Bridge
Posted January 14, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

Love it!!