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North Toe Bridge (NC 1314)

Yancey County, North Carolina, and Mitchell County, North Carolina

Photos 

HAER No. NC-41-1

Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #388731

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Camelback and Pratt through truss bridge over North Toe River on NC 1314
Location
Yancey County, North Carolina, and Mitchell County, North Carolina
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1910, replaced 1986
Design
Riveted 159-foot Camelback truss and a pin-connected 125-foot Pratt truss.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 159.0 ft.
Total length: 284.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Also called
Bridge No. 194
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.00465, -82.19312   (decimal degrees)
36°00'17" N, 82°11'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/392471/3985122 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bakersville
Inventory number
BH 76920 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built during 1910s (10,288)
Camelback truss (433)
Lost (32,322)
Lost 1986 (202)
Lost during 1980s (1,661)
Mitchell County, North Carolina (19)
North Carolina (1,074)
Owned by state (16,806)
Pin-connected (5,511)
 Pratt through truss (6,455)
Pratt truss (10,915)
Replaced by new bridge (22,028)
Riveted (2,822)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,618)
Through truss (19,327)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,746)
Truss (38,720)
Yancey County, North Carolina (23)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2017: Added by David Eike

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North Toe Bridge (NC 1314)
Posted May 3, 2017, by David Eike

This write-up appeared in the Asheville Citizen-Times:

http://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2017/05/02/portrait-...