Piney Creek Iron Bridge

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Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2009

BH Photo #144700

Overview: Through truss bridge over Piney Creek on Main Street in Bastrop
Location: Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas
Status: Closed to traffic
History: Built 1888; bypassed by new bridge in 1982
Builder: - Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works of Leavenworth, Kansas
Design: Pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 254.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Also called: Main Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.13141, -97.32098 (decimal degrees)
30°07'53" N, 97°19'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/661735/3334537 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Lake Bastrop
Inventory numbers: NRHP 78003292 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
TXNBI 140110C00170001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32758 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 10