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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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BH Photo #281995
In making my webpage for this bridge (over 400 detailed photos, sadly in crappy weather), I noticed in the Google Satellite, there appears to some sort of work at the bridge. They cut a new road back to the bridge and construction equipment is visible around the bridge. I am not sure what the scope of work is. I did notice some section loss on the swing span. Lets hope they are just repairing it.
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=l...
John,
I did a full walk-through of this bridge despite the long walk back and crappy weather conditions. Do not yet have photos online yet. But this is a fascinating bridge and as i recall i did find details indicating the doubling of the Whipple.
The Whipple span on this bridge appears to have been doubled up and possibly relocated from another location. It probably dates to the mid-1880s, and my guess is that if Missouri Valley did the 1905 work, they may also have originally fabricated it. It seems odd however that the swing span (clearly 1905 vintage) is the exact same size as the Whipple. It could be possible that they combined the spans of the previous bridge to form a single span, and only brought in one new large span.
This is the same bridge as BH 56084, http://bridgehunter.com/tx/newton/tibr-sabine-river/
A google search turns up nothing. I'm hoping its little more than tie or approach replacement, but I am not certain. I will ask around to see what I can find.