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TITLE:
McGirt's Bridge, Spanning Cape Fear River, Elizabethtown vicinity, Bladen County, NC
CALL NUMBER:
HAER NC,9-ELITO.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 16 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Atlanta Bridge Company
Virginia Bridge & Iron Company
Fore, George, field team
Yearby, Jean P., transmitter
Hawke, Paul, historian
Page, Randell, photographer
NOTE:
Survey number HAER NC-29
Building/structure dates: 1923 initial construction
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.
SUBJECTS:
NORTH CAROLINA--Bladen County--Elizabethtown vicinity
bridge construction
vehicular bridges
OTHER TITLE:
U.S. Route 701 Bridge
Bridge No. 701-42-20N
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nc0402
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. OBLIQUE VIEW OF SOUTH PORTAL AND WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE
2. VIEW OF SOUTH PORTAL
3. OVERALL VIEW OF SOUTH PORTAL
4. OBLIQUE VIEW OF SOUTH PORTAL AND WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE
5. OBLIQUE SIDE VIEW OF TRUSSES
6. OBLIQUE VIEW OF HIP AND TRUSS SYSTEM
7. OBLIQUE 1/3 VIEW SHOWING HIP OF TRUSS
8. DETAIL VIEW OF TRUSS
9. DETAIL VIEW OF ABUTMENT, HIP JOINT
10. VIEW OF TRUSS PIN JOINT
11. VIEW OF PIN AND RIVET JOINTS
12. VIEW OF PIN AND RIVET JOINTS
13. VIEW OF PIN AND RIVET JOINTS
14. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN AND RIVET JOINTS
15. VIEW OF RIVET JOINTS
16. VIEW OF RIVET JOINTS
CONTROL #:
NC0402
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