DGNO - Main Street Overpass (W)

Photos 

Facing Southeast - New DART Bridge in Foreground

Photo taken by M C Toyer in August 2014

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BH Photo #294712

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Street View 

Description 

Highway was re-designated TX 66 about 1950 then re-routed due to the construction of Lake Ray Hubbard in the late 1960s.

The railroad ROW and tracks are presently owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and leased to the Dallas Garland and Northeast Railroad (DGNO)since 1992.

Facts 

Overview

Bridge over West Main Street on DGNO Railroad

Location

Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1922

Railroads

- Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad (DGNO)
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)

Design

Slab

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 17.1 ft.
Total length: 35.1 ft.

Also called

MKT - Bankhead Highway Overpass (W)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+32.90283, -96.57336   (decimal degrees)
32°54'10" N, 96°34'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/726962/3643126 (zone/easting/northing)

Elevation

480 ft. above sea level

Inventory numbers

TXNBI 180570000921015 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
TXNBI 180570T00280002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 63080 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Average daily traffic (as of 2007)

1,000

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Update Log 

• October 2, 2014: New photo from M C Toyer
• September 20, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
• September 20, 2014: Added by M C Toyer

Sources 

• M C Toyer - mctoyer [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Luke

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