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Pleasanton Road Bridge

Bexar County, Texas
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
Open-spandrel concrete arch bridge over Medina River on Old Pleasanton Road
Location
Bexar County, Texas
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1910 by H.B. Thompson & Co.; Bypassed by new bridge in 1985
Builders
- H.B. Thompson & Co. (Contractor)
- Terrell Bartlett (Designer)
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 303.2 ft.
Deck width: 18.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.26403, -98.49118   (decimal degrees)
29°15'51" N, 98°29'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/549433/3237345 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
460 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Southton
Inventory number
BH 36964 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,420)
Bexar County, Texas (26)
Built 1910 (741)
Built during 1910s (6,731)
Closed (2,074)
Deck arch (8,703)
H.B. Thompson & Co. (1)
HAER documented (782)
 Have street view (9,906)
Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by county (16,492)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Terrell Bartlett (1)
Texas (1,528)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2010: Updated by Curtis Lee: added street view, elevation
  • August 12, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added GPS coordinates
  • July 28, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER TX-52 - Medina River Bridge, Spanning Medina River at Pleasanton Road, San Antonio vicinity, Bexar County, TX
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com

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