Monte, is this the bridge you date as "1924" in the next shot? I'm thinking it might be a decade or so earlier given its pin connected construction. Field riveting seems to have taken over as the perferred method of constructing truss bridges after 1915. Neither name plate bears a date so I guess the only real way is to track down the dates of service for the County Commissioners on the plate on the south east end. In any case I surprised neither this nor the pony truss structure a couple of mile to the south have made the National Register. They're both pretty rare examples of their genre for this region.
Mom Dodge
26-Oct-2008 05:00
I love the look of the old wood. I remember the "clunking" sound as we drove over.
