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Hords Creek Bridge

Coleman County, Texas

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Hords Creek on CR 422
Location
Coleman County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1920
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Bowen Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.82361, -99.48917   (decimal degrees)
31°49'25" N, 99°29'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/453707/3520988 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Coleman
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 230420AA0196001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32838 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2009)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 100.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
50

Categories 

Built 1920 (905)
Built during 1920s (8,767)
Coleman County, Texas (33)
Lost (18,688)
NR-eligible (3,971)
Owned by county (18,854)
 Pony truss (15,050)
Replaced by new bridge (12,385)
Span length 50-75 feet (8,899)
Texas (2,235)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,646)
Truss (29,446)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2011: Updated by Linda Thaxton: Bridge has been moved to Memory Lake in Coleman.
  • July 14, 2011: Updated by Linda Thaxton: Bridge has been replaced by new bridge.

Sources 

  • Linda Thaxton

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