Old FM1093 Brazos River Bridge

Photos 

Looking west

Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #289204

Map 

Street View 

• Lally collumn behind the RR bridge

Facts 

Overview

Bridge over Brazos River on an old alignment of FM1093

Location

Austin County, Texas, and Fort Bend County, Texas

Status

Replaced by a new bridge upstream

History

Built ca. 1890; Converted 1922; Damaged when a log jam took out the western piers around 1958; Replaced on a new alignment 1965

Railroad

- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&AP)

Design

2 112' through trusses

Also called

SA&AP - Brazos River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+29.67080, -96.02059   (decimal degrees)
29°40'15" N, 96°01'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/788367/3286021 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wallis

Inventory number

BH 52924 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 9, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added info
• July 25, 2014: Photo imported by Patrick Feller
• July 22, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added categories "San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway", "Rail-to-road"
• August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• July 14, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

• Abandoned UP - Brazos River Bridge (Simonton) (Successor)

Sources 

• Luke
• University of Texas at Austin Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection - 1960 Topo map showing this bridge as being a road
• Weburbanist - Highest Steam: 9 Abandoned Railroad & Train Bridge Trestles - Info

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