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Sam Bass Road Bridge

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Duck Creek on Sam Bass Road in Sanger
Location
Sanger, Denton County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1925
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.39167, -97.21750   (decimal degrees)
33°23'30" N, 97°13'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/665784/3696128 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Valley View
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 180610AA0153001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32951 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2009)
Sufficiency rating: 100.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
98

Categories 

Built 1925 (946)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
Denton County, Texas (18)
Lost (10,356)
Owned by county (16,483)
Pony truss (13,215)
Replaced by new bridge (7,132)
Sanger, Texas (2)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Texas (1,526)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,625)
Truss (23,565)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • September 15, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Replaced by a new bridge
  • September 15, 2012: New photo from aaron leibold

Sources 

  • aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com