Fannin County Road 218 Bridge, Spanning Toccoa River, Blue Ridge, Fannin County, GA. Surveyed as HAER GA-73, with a 280-word written history.
“GDOT Bridge illl/01010/X/00678N is representative of the Pratt thru truss bridge.”
Written record, HAER GA-73 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER GA-73 · the record runs 280 words · one of 4 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER GA-73. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
GDOT Bridge illl/01010/X/00678N is representative of the Pratt thru truss bridge. It is one of fifty Pratt truss bridges recorded in the State and one of twenty-four identified as a Pratt thru truss. It is one of three such bridges in Fannin County. Based on the context of the Georgia Historic Bridge Survey, this structure fits into the era of "historic" bridge building in Georgia.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER GA-73. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Susan Shepherd Prosser, June, FANNIN COUNTY ROAD 218 BRIDGE (GDOT Bridge #l l HAER No. GA-73 Page 2 GDOT Bridge is a one span Pratt thru truss measuring 154 feet by feet. It is one of fifty Pratt truss bridges recorded in the Georgia Historic Bridge Survey. It is one of twenty-four identified as a Pratt thru truss and one of three such bridges recorded in Fannin County. The bridge does not possess a bridge plate. No information concerning the history of the bridge has been found. According to GDOT Maintenance Records, the bridge was constructed in and reconstructed by the Georgia Forestry Service in Sources GDOT Maintenance Records Georgia Department of Transportation Historic Bridge Georgia Department of Natural Resources Survey,
| Blue Ridge, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Fannin County, Georgia | 80 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal survey recorded these other structures elsewhere in Fannin County. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111-00060P-00020N | HAER GA,56-MINBL,1- | 788 words | |
| Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111/01010/00186N | HAER GA,56-STOHI.V,1- | 407 words | |
| Fannin County Road 222 Bridge | HAER GA,56-DIAL,1- | 308 words |
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