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Skalak Road Bridge

Austin County, Texas

Photo 

Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #235245

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over West Mill Creek on Skalak Road
Location
Bellville, Austin County, Texas
Status
Relocated to Clark Park in Bellville
History
Built 1905; Relocated
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.95854, -96.25569   (decimal degrees)
29°57'31" N, 96°15'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/764843/3317360 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bellville
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
90
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 130080AA0187002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32753 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2008)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Austin County, Texas (22)
Bellville, Texas (1)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open to pedestrians (4,215)
Owned by county (20,783)
Pony truss (16,184)
Relocated (890)
 Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Structurally deficient (14,198)
Texas (2,471)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Truss (32,784)
Warren pony truss (3,358)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (678)
Warren truss (6,564)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • July 14, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 9, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Relocated to a park in Bellville

Sources 

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Comments 

Skalak Road Bridge
Posted October 9, 2011, by Patrick Feller (nakrnsm [at] aol [dot] com)

The bridge has been replaced with a concrete deck and moved to Clark Park in Bellville.

Skalak Road Bridge
Posted March 13, 2008, by Kenneth Miller (dermoons [at] earthlink [dot] net)

A Small Warren Pony Truss Bridge on Skalak Road, just south of Nelsonville, in Austin County, Texas. It spans West Mill Creek and was built in 1905 According to the State site, though it doesn’t look that old to me. This bridge is 60 feet long and 14 feet wide, and is still in service today.

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