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This bridge is highly significant as a rare example of a bridge which uses the rare patented wrought iron Phoenix Columns, which are a special type of built up beam that have their distinctive circular sections riveted together to form hollow tubes. Very few bridges with these types of columns remain today.
The bridge has been retrofitted and rendered decorative with a steel arch. The steel arch is a way to bypass the truss/superstructure, while continuing to reuse the deck stringers and deck system. They appear to be used both in the name of simple repair projects and also in the name of historic preservation, and tend to show up on older rehab and preservation projects from a decade or two ago and do not show up as often today. As a preservation tool they are one of many compromise preservation alternatives. As preservation tools, arch retrofits are compromise tools because they drastically alter the appearance of the bridge, since as a through arch running through the truss, it is hard for eyes to separate arch from truss visually. Depending on how they are designed, they can help retain original bridge material, or they can cause the replacement of large portions of original bridge material. In the case of this bridge the entire flooring system appears to have been removed as part of the retrofit, which is unfortunate. Because the truss is rendered decorative only however the crossing can support full legal loads
This bridge is tagged with the following special condition(s): Trusses Converted To Decorative and Phoenix Columns
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