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Georgia DOT Bridge No. 105-00168X-00203E, Spanning Beaverdam Creek at County Road 168, Elberton, Elbert County, GA

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Georgia DOT Bridge No. 105-00168X-00203E, Spanning Beaverdam Creek at County Road 168, Elberton, Elbert County, GA

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Summary

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 105-00168X-00203E is one of the few remaining Warren Pony Truss bridges in the state of Georgia. It is important at a state level for its relation to the State Highway Department's efforts in the 1920's-1930's to improve Georgia's roads for the rapidly increasing automobile traffic. This bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register.
Survey number: HAER GA-93
Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1996 Demolished

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Austin Brothers Bridge Company
Stanfield, Tal, historian
Hall, Andy, photographer
place

Location

Elberton (Ga.)34.11122, -82.86708
Google Map of 34.1112226, -82.8670839
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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