Florence Street Bridge

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Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Town Creek on Florence Street
Location: Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
Status: Abandoned
History: Built 1929, Bypassed and replaced in highway functionality 1960; Abandoned 2015 due to construction of Sanderson Farms Parkway
Design: Tee beam
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 28.9 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called: Old US79 Town Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +31.72117, -95.69476 (decimal degrees)
31°43'16" N, 95°41'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/244656/3512688 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers: TXNBI 100010B01252001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 81718 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

May 29, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added streetview; Noted that abandonment occurred in 2015
May 29, 2018: Added by David Backlin