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Hope Memorial Bridge

Falls County, Texas
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Overview

http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasBridges/Rosebud-Texas-Carnegie-Bridge.htm

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Overview
Bowstring pony truss bridge over a stream on a pedestrian path in Rosebud's city park
Location
Rosebud, Falls County, Texas
Status
Open to pedestrians
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.08086, -96.97908   (decimal degrees)
31°04'51" N, 96°58'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/692785/3440318 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rosebud
Inventory number
BH 49433 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bowstring pony truss (127)
Bowstring truss (211)
Falls County, Texas (18)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by city (3,052)
Pony truss (13,217)
Preserved (652)
Rosebud, Texas (1)
Texas (1,528)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • August 27, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Hope Memorial Bridge
Posted August 28, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is a great example of how NOT to install a historic bowstring truss.

Hope Memorial Bridge
Posted August 28, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Looks like another King span from the 1870-1880 era.

Unfortunately, it looks like when they moved it here they cut off the outer panels of the lower chord to make it fit the smaller stream.

Hope Memorial Bridge
Posted August 27, 2011, by James McCray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

According to the website--http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasBridges/Rosebud-Texas-Carnegie-Bridge.htm, the bridge's builder, date, and practically all other information relating to this bridge are a mystery. Anyone knowing anything about this bridge please leave a comment.