Georgia DOT Bridge No. 129/00228/00505E, Spanning Salacoa Creek on County Road 228, Fairmount, Gordon County, GA. Surveyed as HAER GA-145, with a 398-word written history.
“GDOT Bridge #129/00228/X/00505E is representative of the Warren pony truss with verticals bridge.”
Written record, HAER GA-145 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER GA-145 · the record runs 398 words · one of 5 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER GA-145. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
GDOT Bridge #129/00228/X/00505E is representative of the Warren pony truss with verticals bridge. It is one of forty-two Warren truss bridges recorded in the State and one of thirty-three identified as a Warren pony truss with verticals. It is one of two such bridges in Gordon County. Based on the context of the Georgi a Historic Bridge Survey, this structure fits into the era of 11 historic 11 bridge building in Georgia.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER GA-145. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Susan Shepherd Prosser, June, GEORGIA DOT BRIDGE No. 129/00228/X/00505E HAER No. GA-145 (page 2) GDOT Bridge #l 29/00228/X/00505E is a one span Warren pony truss with verticals measuring 81 feet by feet. It is one of forty-two Warren truss bridges recorded in the Georgi a Historic Bridge Survey. It is one of thirty-three identified as a Warren pony with verticals and one of two such bridges recorded in Gordon County. The bridge does not possess a bridge plate. However, according to GDOT Maintenance records, the bridge was constructed in The historical context of this bridge is ynknown. The Georgia Department of Transportation was established in Prior to the establishment of GDOT the responsibility of roads ~nd bridges in Georgia rested with the counties.
It has been found from researching a number of bridges on the Georgia Historic Bridge Survey that records of construction of bridges on county rural systems and to a 1arge degree on state systems were rarely kept. Therefore, unless the bridge possesses a bridge plate identifying the date of construction, the bridge company or the county officers at the time of construction, it is virtually impossible to associate the bridge with historical events, periods, activities or people. Sources GDOT Maintenance Records Georgia Department of Transportation and Historic Bridge Survey Georgi a Department of Natura 1 Resource Bicentennial History of Bell, Burton, Jr. Gordon County, Georgia. the Gordon County Historical Society, Inc.; Calhoun, Georgia. 8231A-0450A
| Fairmount, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Gordon County, Georgia | 72 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Fairmount building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon County Road 220 Bridge | HAER GA,65-FAIR.V,1- | 234 words |
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