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Comal Creek Bridge

Comal County, Texas
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Looking Northwest Along Deck of Bridge

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Street View 

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Dry Comal Creek on Landa St (S.H. 46 Business) in New Braunfels
Location
New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Builder
- Bart Moore, Inc.
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 324.2 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.70472, -98.12944   (decimal degrees)
29°42'17" N, 98°07'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/584212/3286383 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
New Braunfels West, Texas
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 150460021502013 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42512 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 63.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
10,200

Categories 

Bart Moore, Inc. (3)
Beam (6,034)
Built 1928 (805)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
Comal County, Texas (6)
Functionally obsolete (7,035)
Have street view (9,880)
NR-eligible (3,749)
 New Braunfels, Texas (4)
Open (28,293)
Owned by state (9,803)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,046)
Steel stringer (2,321)
Texas (1,526)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2011: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • May 3, 2009: Added by Rick Mattioni

Sources 

  • Rick Mattioni
  • HAER TX-32 - Comal Creek Bridge, Spanning Comal Creek at Business Route 46, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX
  • Sheldon Wiens

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