Photos
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Portal Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Side view Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Deck view Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Center pier Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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View from below Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Approach span Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Portal bracing Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Portal decorations Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Original plaque 1887 H.E. Fischer. County Judge C. Buehler, F. Marckwardt W. Weidner, C. Alves Commissioners, W.R. Freeman, Engineer Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Historic marker Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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County restoration plaque Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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City restoration plaque Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Guadalupe River on Faust Street in New Braunfels
- Location
- New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1887 by the King Bridge Co.; made obsolete by new bridge in 1932; rehabilitated 1998
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Two wrought-iron, pin-connected, Whipple through trusses
- Dimensions
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Total length: 640.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.69726, -98.10687 (decimal degrees)
29°41'50" N, 98°06'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/586402/3285573 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- New Braunfels East
- Inventory number
- BH 32867 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 17, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Added to National Register
- August 16, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added GPS coordinates
- August 10, 2006: Posted photos from Wayne Kizziar
Sources
- Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
- C Hanchey
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net