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Overview: Cable-stayed bridge over Puluxy River on CR 149 (Berry's Creek Road)
Location: Erath County, Texas
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1890 by the Runyon Bridge Co.; relocated 1934
Builder: - Runyon Bridge Co.
Design: Cable-stayed
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 201.1 ft.
Total length: 268.1 ft.
Deck width: 9.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 7.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1977
Approximate latitude, longitude: +32.35431, -98.02597 (decimal degrees)
32°21'16" N, 98°01'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/591648/3580125 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Bluff Dale
Inventory numbers: NRHP 77001440 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
TXNBI 020730AA0149002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32988 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 50

Update Log

February 1, 2013: New photos from Barclay Gibson
October 4, 2011: New Street View added by Linda Thaxton
June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

Sources

Historic American Engineering Record
Linda Thaxton
Wikipedia

Comments

Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge

Posted February 25, 2010, by Patrick Sparks (psparks [at] sparksengineering [dot] com)

Sparks Engineering, Inc. is preparing a scope of work and opinion of cost for the rehabilitation of this unique bridge. The report is being prepared for the Historic Bridge Foundation.

http://www.sparksengineering.com/