North Bosque River Bridge

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Photo taken by Barclay Gibson

BH Photo #247922

Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over North Bosque River on CR 270
Location: Erath County, Texas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1921
Builder: - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroads: - Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
- Texas Central Railroad (TC)
Design: Skewed, riveted, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Span length: 158.1 ft.
Total length: 158.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +32.00139, -98.08167 (decimal degrees)
32°00'05" N, 98°04'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/586741/3540958 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Clairette
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 70
Inventory numbers: TXNBI 020730AA0270003 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 55410 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 58.7 (out of 100)
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North Bosque River Bridge

Posted May 23, 2020, by Rich Curtis (richcurtis510 [at] msn [dot] com)

I would like to find out more about the bridge next to this one that it replaced. It has a wooden roadbed. See pic.