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BNSF - Sand Creek Bridge

Garza County, Texas

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BNSF-Sand Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2014

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BH Photo #294499

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Description 

Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Sand Creek on BNSF Railroad
Location
Garza County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 240.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.00636, -101.16823   (decimal degrees)
33°00'23" N, 101°10'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/297447/3654080 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Justiceburg
Inventory number
BH 62721 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (450)
BNSF Railway (1,514)
Built 1910 (1,162)
Built during 1910s (9,647)
Deck girder (5,754)
Garza County, Texas (3)
Girder (10,248)
Have street view (26,959)
 Open (39,899)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Plate girder (7,934)
Railroad (15,439)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,434)
Texas (2,471)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,272)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
  • September 19, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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