The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-22
: Of Unsafe Condition
eden Bridges Here Made
Y By Bridge Committee

contemplated purchase Of same and
submit thu following report as to
their physical condition and our rec
Ommendation as to their fitness for
use as public bridges.
"Peninsuiar Bridge, oaytona.
/, This bridge has outlived it, useful
mesa. and is in unsafe condition. On
inspection we found the piling had in
numerous bents AMI at one place, near
the eastern bed. one bent was sup
ported by only three inadequate pill
ing. ami two vehicles meeting at this
point would have resulted In disaster.
This dangerous condition was report
ed to the bridge company Without
Immediate repairs under the direction
| OF your engineer. this bridge should
be closed to traffic.
Middle Bridge. Daytona.
This structure is in such condition
/ that only a complete rebuilding of
| same would render It bridge that
woull accommodate our present day
traffic and such as might come upon
the structure any time.
Without immediate reconstruction
under the direction OF your engineer.
this bridge should be closed to the
public.
''Halifax Bridge, Daytona.
This structure il now undergoing
repairs at the draw span and at pres
emit Is not open to traffic.
The bridge. when built. was no
doubt sufficient for the vehicular
/, traffic, which was carriages and other
! horse drawn vehicles. but We find II
wholly inadequate for the present
motor driven vehicles. Large motor
/! trucks and heavy passenger cars
should not be allowed to use this
crossing Unfortunately. and this
bridge should be posted for use Of
/ light traffic only.
Concrete Bridge.
This structure is what Is known as
a steele oncrete bridge. c.. the car
rying me,nbers of the bridge are steel
I-beams. encased in concrete, for pro-
lection only. with reinforced con-
crete slab floor system.
I'm the design Of the bridge ample
PROVISION was made for the carrying
! capacity Of the structure, but We find
upon a thorough inspection that the
construction work was badly carried
| out, resulting In many defects that i'm
pair seriously the life of the bridge.
1.-THE piling show no settlement
whatever. but there was lack OF core
used in lining up the piling in the
bcnts and as result we find that
probably 20 per cent OF the concrete
caps are loaded unsymetricaliy as
shown by the concrete breaking away
from and exposing the longitudinal re-
inforcinS rods In the caps.
This condition calls for immediate
attention il the bridge is to be classed
as a permanent structure. The con
crete deposited arounl the I-beam is
cracked and spalled in many places
exposing the load-carrying steel to
oxidation of the salt air. Severa
I-beams thus exposed showed heav,
scale of iron rust. and this condition
is wholly probable with 20 per cen
, of all the I-beams-as numerous test:
. shovel that the concrete casing is no
, serving the purpose intended. rather
+ it may be hiding serious deterioration
in thes. essential structural parts o
the bridge.
THE draw span is in need of a care
full scraping and painting OF stee
: work
without an immediate expenditure
of approximately $4,000. the life o
the bridge is at best about % years
| In view of the fact that the pres
tent wood bridges are in such unsaf
, condition that to render them suitabl
4 for existing traffic would men an en-
a tire reconstruction OF same. and tina
;. the franchises OF said bridges hay
expired. we therefore recommend tina
f the owners be required to remove IN
Il existing distractions from the han
- fax river: AMI we therefore turthc
y recommend the purchase OF the con
y crete bridge for the sum Of $4,000
4 and if the purchase can be consum
mattel Il this figure. we recommen
y an Immediate expenditure OF $1,000
"a to be spent under the direct super
a vision .. your engineer. in order tn;
4 the structure may be rendered sal
- against the deterioration that is no
apparent. This. Of course. cannot as
:, sure that further defects will not al
:, near from time to tine. as there
~ evidence nov of 10 per cent De
~ teriora.ion since completion OF II
ID structure.
LAS an alternative to your mono
IN able board. we recommend the col
-, structjon of two bridges of creosot'
~ timber ,vpc of concrete 7ilinE. with
Of 20 foot roadway and one a-toct SD
no walk. enc bridge connecting Dram
ar avenue with Silver Beach avent
These bridges to be of semi perm
III nent type and are conslderen safe
e. 20 yea. With little repair other IN
n the asphaltic concrete 'surtaclng
ge the roadway: each bridge to cost I
nv sum af sso.ooo. including draw sp
n and approaches. etc.
Mrs T NJ Minis. who has been
ue guest of Mrs. Gordon Green at I