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More than half the bridge's bottom chords were bent or twisted beyond repair. These members were replaced with new fabricated steel members and the bridge was reopened to traffic on November 17, 1955. On July 1st, 1987, the bridges maintenance responsibility was transitioned over entirely to the Delaware River Joint toll Commission. [8]
The bridge is 4.57 metres (15.0 ft) between kerbs at its narrowest point. There is no footway. The deck is made up of lateral timber cross girders supporting longitudinal timber decking. The cross girders are bearing on the bottom chords of the trusses. The substructure consists of two sandstone abutments and a central concrete pier. [1]
The model chosen was the St Germans Viaduct composed of composite deck Queen post trusses, the bottom chords were large iron rods. Whitton's staff redesigned the trusses to be all timber and the viaducts were built during construction of the Glen Innes to Tenterfield section 1884-86. [1]
[2] [10] The bottom chord of the span is 32 feet (9.8 m) above the Blackledge River. The truss is 108 feet (33 m) long and about 18 feet (5.5 m) deep. [2] The top and bottom chords are typical box girders with diagonal members and the deck is open. [2] At some point, the bridge was altered with the addition of a sewer pipe. [2]
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This truss was a composite truss, utilising timber and steel in combination. It was distinguished by the use of pin-joints in the connections between the steel bottom chords and the steel diagonal rods. [1] 5. Dare Truss - The Dare Truss is very similar to an Allan truss but used steel bottom chords.
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On the day of his inauguration in March, which was the rock bottom of the Delta cotton famine, farmers made plans to plant another enormous cotton crop, despite a carryover of 12.5 million bales.