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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 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Richland Creek on Brannon Road
Location
Ellis County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1910; Lost 2017
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
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
21
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 180710AA0286001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32975 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.8 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1910 (1,169)
Built during 1910s (9,677)
Ellis County, Texas (48)
Lost (25,001)
Lost 2017 (260)
Lost during 2010s (3,298)
One-lane traffic (7,614)
Owned by county (20,858)
Pony truss (16,244)
 Replaced by new bridge (16,791)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,104)
Texas (2,476)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (32,980)
Warren pony truss (3,372)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (682)
Warren truss (6,583)
Wooden deck (6,074)

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 Forrest Wolfe - hughforrestwolfe [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

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.