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McGirt's Bridge, Spanning Cape Fear River, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC
Summary
Significance: McGirt's Bridge is a 350-foot Petit Truss bridge. It is the longest truss bridge in North Carolina. The bridge is divided into fourteen panels. The ratio of depth to length of the truss is low, producing a very deep truss that is still rated at 27 tons. This truss is an early example of the technology of riveted joint design. The high secondary forces that were generally associated with riveted joints made trusses of this length unpredictable a few years ago.
Survey number: HAER NC-29
Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Atlanta Bridge Company
Virginia Bridge & Iron Company
Fore, George, field team
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Hawke, Paul, historian
Page, Randell, photographer
Location
bladen county, 34.62934, -78.60529
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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
