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Hogback Bend Bridge

Fannin County, Georgia

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Eddie Douthitt in November 2009

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BH Photo #149926

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Toccoa River on abandoned section of County Rd 91 (Railroad Avenue)
Location
Fannin County, Georgia
Status
Abandoned on private property with mostly missing deck
History
Built 1915
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 160.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Also called
Railroad Avenue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.90597, -84.28672   (decimal degrees)
34°54'21" N, 84°17'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/747906/3865976 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mineral Bluff
Inventory numbers
GA 11150230 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 43669 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,654)
Built 1915 (1,229)
Built during 1910s (9,647)
Fannin County, Georgia (13)
Georgia (633)
Owned privately (1,725)
Pratt through truss (5,400)
 Pratt truss (9,310)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,227)
Structurally deficient (14,183)
Through truss (15,089)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,922)
Truss (32,817)

Update Log 

  • January 4, 2010: Updated by Eddie Douthitt: Name
  • November 27, 2009: Added by Eddie Douthitt

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Comments 

Hogback Bend Bridge
Posted January 4, 2010, by Eddie Douthitt (eddied62 [at] windstream [dot] net)

Thanks JT for the name of the bridge.

Railroad Avenue Bridge
Posted January 4, 2010, by JT (talmo346 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

That is actually called the Hogback Bend Bridge.