Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA. Surveyed as HAER GA,74-HART.V,1-, with a 229-word written history.
“The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical cartelback trusses and four flat spans.”
Written record, HAER GA,74-HART.V,1- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER GA,74-HART.V,1- · the record runs 229 words · one of 2 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER GA,74-HART.V,1-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical cartelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuration, it was rarely employed in Georgia. Only ten examples are known in the state, and this is the only example in Hart County. The total length of the bridge is 681 feet, with each of the camelback trusses measuring 180 feet. The width of the bridge is 20 feet 3 inches. The bridge maintains its original architectural configuration and all functional components are intact with the exception of the deck, replaced in The bridge is at its original location, which appears to be a traditional crossing point on the Savannah River.
Transmitted by: Kevin Murphy, Historian HAER, July from data compiled by Jayne H. Maxwell, July
| Hartwell, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Hart County, Georgia | 42 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Hartwell building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith-McGee Bridge | HAER GA,74-HART.V,2- | 500 words |
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