The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-11-14
WILL leone OF
BEST INSTATE
Splendid Structure VIII BE 95a
Feet Long With IS-Foot
Roadway.
TOTAL COST Is s7f,ooo.
Plans BY Winston +. Wheat.
Construction BY c. III.
Turner 4 Co.

County Engineer Winston r.. wgbea,
and Constructor = III. Turner have
announced that the splendid new
bridge across nayou Texar win -
eompleted IN about Is days more aud
that tho structure win be opened far
Traffic ~ Christmas. II construction
work during the remainder of Noveo.
1er progresses - RAPIDLY as II Has
during the first hair
When completed the bridge wlli ha
one of the finest in the state. - vgels
a. one OF the longest. II j. - -
sss feet long with an rs foot rad.
way. II win have 20 1 l-a foot slde.
walks with concrete and steel hand
rails. The clearance Is 10 feet a.
mean low water
The foundation Is two reinforced
concrete ahnfmunts and a. hent~ -
tour reinforced concrete piles each
The floor slab Il reinforced concrete
supported on four reinforced beams n
inches deep.
WITH references 20 the capacity If
the bridge Engineer Wheat announce
sHat y - designed to carry Toe pound
= the square inch distributed over tn
entire roadway, two f8~tau trsseka a.
one slab. OF one eo-t ton truck On on.
slab 90
THE picture on this uawe sha,.,s
the forms with steel reinforcing ~
beams and driveway floor reaay "a
eonereting. The forms are ia nt.es
81 zach side for the side walk h,ts
tue steel has NOS been placed - DO
sfgion.
The vertical forms On the sides are
IN" outer forms for the hana.raffs
~htch VIII D. reinforced horizontal
In the background ~ the picture i
the completed western hals ~ In
bridge with sadaden-st In the -.
treme distance.
Without making amy allowance f.r
false work. ~ carloads of material
have entered into the construction 80
the hridge. This includes rs car.
loads 81 Portland cement. "a carloads
OF sand, . carloads Of gravel and
carloads IF steel for reinforcing. The
weight % these materials il eco
eV' ponaas- 90 approximately Ii
tons Per lineai foot II bridge.
Ahe piiinss used to suplsort the
bridge have IL llnal feet OF steel
% each hneai foot Of pile. The cans
beams. roadway sidewalks ana hand
the bridge more than 80 per rent
stronger than the engineers npeelfi-
cations
When completed the bridge ain
Gust $1,000. The contract price was
$4,000. BY agreement additional ~.
lengths costing $4,000 were put dawn
and eNtras 20 the small sasau Of A
eco were added. making the actual "a.
tai cost ca the county OF ST. .Ooo.
This Is approximately SIS per llneat
fout 81 bridge, compared with ether
concrete bridges 81 the state which
cost from 500 % $3.50 per llneal foot
to build. according 70 design Ths
difference - accounted for bv a..
method If construction. II thlu bride
the false work and forms were used
over and over again, reducing both
forming material and labor "a i rnini
num-
The west half Of the bridge IL com
pleted and the cast hair viii De fin
ished b Dectember /. The board ~
county commissioners expect 20 have
the bridge open for traffic BY Christ
mas. The county VIII provide the
eastern approaches and the city wlll
be expected 90 complete the COMPARE
lively snort Western approach.
The bridge II being constructed b
6. ~ Turner Construction Co. from
plans made by Winston l. Wheaf
These plans were accepted without
the change 81 the minutaaf detail
by both the state road engineers and
the War Department