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Brannon Road Bridge

Ellis County, Texas

Photos 

Brannon Road Bridge crossing Richland Creek

Photo taken by Mark Wiley 01/17/2011

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BH Photo #192475

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Richland Creek on Brannon Road
Location
Ellis County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Design
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 98.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.08056, -96.93500   (decimal degrees)
32°04'50" N, 96°56'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/694898/3551230 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mertens
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 180710AA0286001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32975 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2015)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
21

Categories 

Built 1910 (1,030)
Built during 1910s (8,760)
Doomed (1,026)
Ellis County, Texas (44)
One-lane traffic (7,422)
Open (36,583)
Owned by county (18,855)
Pony truss (15,051)
Span length 50-75 feet (8,903)
 Structurally deficient (18,441)
Texas (2,234)
Total length 75-100 feet (5,941)
Truss (29,445)
Warren pony truss (2,947)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (497)
Warren truss (5,791)
Wooden deck (5,862)

Update Log 

  • February 17, 2013: New photo from Hugh F Wolfe
  • April 30, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: To be replaced per forum posting.
  • January 17, 2011: New photos from Scott Wiley

Sources 

  • Scott Wiley - fifty [dot] fathoms [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Hugh F Wolfe - hughfwolfe [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Brannon Road Bridge
Posted April 29, 2012, by Tom Andrews (t_a_rantula [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The name of the road was Richland Bend Road. I found a press release from Ellis County dated January 23 that said this bridge has been slated for replacement.

Brannon Road Bridge
Posted April 29, 2012, by Tom Andrews (t_a_rantula [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The name of the road where you turn off FM 308 is no longer Brannon Road. It is something like River ____. GPS coordinates took me there anyway. Road gets VERY interesting if you continue driving past the bridge.