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Cotton Belt/Texas Electric Overpass

Dallas County, Texas

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #322827

Map 

Description 

Reportedly reused as a turntable for the McKinney Avenue streetcars.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Texas Electric Railway on Cotton Belt
Location
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Railroads
- Interurban
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)
- Texas Electric Railway (TER)
Design
Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.87756, -96.76499   (decimal degrees)
32°52'39" N, 96°45'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/709094/3639928 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Addison
Inventory number
BH 67098 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Dallas County, Texas (201)
Dallas, Texas (117)
Girder (11,173)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (421)
Interurban (1,000)
Lost (28,533)
Plate girder (8,728)
 Railroad (16,463)
Replaced by new bridge (19,406)
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (64)
Texas (2,903)
Texas Electric Railway (15)
Through girder (4,192)

Sources 

  • Luke

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