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Tifton Bridge, U.S. Route 82/State Route 50 over Seaboard Coastline Railroad, Tifton

Tifton Bridge, U.S. Route 82/State Route 50 over Seaboard Coastline Railroad, Tifton, Tift County, GA. Surveyed as HAER GA,139-TIFT,1-, with a 149-word written history.

From the record

“The Tifton Bridge is one of 10 camelback bridges identified in the state, only 7 of which are pin- connected, and only 2 of which are in the southern portion of the state.”

Written record, HAER GA,139-TIFT,1- survey. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER GA,139-TIFT,1- · the record runs 149 words · one of 1 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Significance

65 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HAER GA,139-TIFT,1-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

The Tifton Bridge is one of 10 camelback bridges identified in the state, only 7 of which are pin- connected, and only 2 of which are in the southern portion of the state. The camelback truss of the Tifton Bridge is 186 feet in length, and 24 feet wide. Transmitted by: Kevin Murphy, Historian HAER, July from data corrpiled by Jayne H. Maxwell, February ^1

In context

Tifton, Georgia The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Tift County, Georgia 19 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HAER GA,139-TIFT,1-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.