Rating:
4 votes
Medio Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt Through truss bridge over Medio Creek on CR 241
- Location
- Bee County, Texas
- Status
- Closed to traffic
- History
- Built 1897; Rehabbed 1923 and 1947; Closed 1987
- Builders
- - Austin Brothers Bridge Co. of Dallas, Texas/Atlanta, Georgia (Contractor) [also known as Austin Bridge Co.]
- New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. of Trenton, New Jersey (Fabrictor; Kit-Form truss)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 121.1 ft.
Total length: 261.2 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 13, 1988
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +28.52972, -97.79426 (decimal degrees)
28°31'47" N, 97°47'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/617971/3156477 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Tuleta
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 160130AA0241002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 88002000 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 41947 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 24, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added builder; Noted that NJ Steel & Iron fabricated the truss in kit format.]
- January 24, 2021: New Street View added by Mark Gonzalez
- September 11, 2020: Updated by Mark Gonzalez: Bridge Design Updated
- September 10, 2020: New photos from Mark Gonzalez
- December 15, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added info
- October 2, 2011: New photos from Kevin Dellaria
- April 19, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- July 13, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey
Sources
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Kevin Dellaria
- Luke
- STX Maps - Info
- Texasescapes - Info
- Mark Gonzalez - markgonzalez0619 [at] gmail [dot] com
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It's not too bad, I walked across it recently....some of the boards are a bit old, but still sturdy. There is some damage from an attempted arson on the west side. Took a few photos of it back in February 2012 and the most recent in March 2012 (the last photo) creating a "light painting" of it. It's an awesome piece of history for this county.