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Medio Creek Bridge

Bee County, Texas

Photos 

Photo taken by Kevin Dellaria in October 2011

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BH Photo #215611

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
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
Builder
- New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. of Trenton, New Jersey
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
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)
Inspection (as of 12/1991)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
200

Categories 

19th Century (6,178)
A-frame portal (395)
Bee County, Texas (4)
Built 1897 (196)
Built during 1890s (2,458)
Closed (2,409)
Have street view (22,094)
NR-listed (2,844)
New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. (11)
Owned by county (18,855)
 Pin-connected (3,225)
Pratt through truss (4,595)
Pratt truss (8,008)
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (7)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,037)
Structurally deficient (18,442)
Texas (2,234)
Through truss (12,893)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,604)
Truss (29,444)

Update Log 

  • 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

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Medio Creek Bridge
Posted March 26, 2012, by Sylvia (sylvia [at] sylviagarcia-smith [dot] com)

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.

Medio Creek Bridge
Posted October 2, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

WOW... would have to pack a Machete in my Bridgehunter kit if I wanted to visit this one!