Rating:
No votes cast

SH 37 Bridge

Franklin County, Texas

Photos 

Driving North

Photo taken by David Backlin in May 2009

Enlarge

BH Photo #140780

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony plate girder bridge over SH 37 on St Louis Southwestern RR
Location
Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935
Railroads
- Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Also called
Cotton Belt - TX 37 Overpass
BLR - TX 37 Overpass
SSW - TX 37 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.18611, -95.23278   (decimal degrees)
33°11'10" N, 95°13'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/291840/3674140 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Vernon
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 010810001004025 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42624 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Blacklands Railroad (3)
Built 1935 (1,451)
Built during 1930s (11,767)
Franklin County, Texas (4)
Girder (10,296)
Mt. Vernon, Texas (1)
Open (39,975)
Owned by railroad (12,497)
Plate girder (7,980)
 Railroad (15,600)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (62)
TX 37 (3)
Texas (2,474)
Through girder (3,841)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
US 67 (102)

Update Log 

  • August 4, 2016: Updated by Brad Smith: Font Issue
  • June 25, 2009: New photo from John Christeson
  • May 29, 2009: Updated by Joshua Collins: design/type
  • May 28, 2009: Added by David Backlin

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Brad Smith - gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments 

Post a comment here