Pecan Bayou Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Pecan Bayou on CR 170
- Location
- Coleman County, Texas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1922
- Builders
- - J. D. Fauntleroy (State Highway Engineer)
- McCall-Moore Engineering Co. of Waco, Texas (Contractor)
- W. E. Dickerson (County Engineer)
- Design
- Riveted, 8-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 755.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Burkett Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.99639, -99.23056 (decimal degrees)
31°59'47" N, 99°13'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/478221/3540058 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Burkett
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 100
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 230420AA0498001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32841 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of January 2015)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 44.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- September 3, 2017: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Fence guardrail"
- June 9, 2012: New photos from Ken Miller
- July 15, 2011: New photos from Linda Thaxton
Sources
- Linda Thaxton
- Ken Miller - dermoons [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Photos taken April 2018.
I had the opportunity to spend a little time at this beautiful nostalgic bridge in Burkett, Texas in September of 2017. The Through-Truss-Bridge was built in 1922 and is 755ft long. It has a special place in Jackson history for a number of reasons, including my grandfather Terrill Jackson doing trick riding under the bridge in 1929 – shown in album. In addition, the town Burkett was formed by my grandmother’s family in 1886 and carried the name of postmaster William Burkett. Her name was Henrietta “Retta” Burkett Jackson and she was quite the motorcycle enthusiasts as well, starting her riding career in the 1920’s – also shown in album. In thriving 1940 times, the town enjoyed about 200 settlers but declined over the years to currently around 30, just enough to still have that US Post Office once overseen by Mr Burkett himself.
As I continue to travel around and celebrate 50 years on motorcycles with the Doug Domokos Tribute Tour, I am fascinated with all that I get to see and do - and more so the talent that God has empowered me with to share with others. I hope you enjoy - and there’s more great things to come on the horizon, including a shoot at the infamous Waldrip Bridge in Coleman County. It has an amazing story in itself that I’ll be sharing with the shoot.
Special thanks to my wife Tina Jackson for capturing these memorable moments through the lens.
Link to the full photo shoot gallery
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMoOcdCrLYnEyJh_kPv4clX...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/tx/coleman/230420AA0498001/
Needs paint as protection so that it isn't mistaken for a bridge that needs replacing.