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BNSF-Double Mountain Fork Brazos River Bridge

Looking East From US 84

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2014

BH Photo #294498

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

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Double Mountain Fork Brazos River 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: 400.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +33.03839, -101.19927 (decimal degrees)
33°02'18" N, 101°11'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/294622/3657692 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Justiceburg
Inventory number: BH 62729 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

April 6, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
September 1, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

BNSF - Double Mountain Fork Brazos River Bridge

Posted April 10, 2020, by Luke

You would assume incorrectly, as girder bridges can be quite old.

For example, this 1898 deck girder near me: https://bridgehunter.com/ia/story/bh49288/

BNSF - Double Mountain Fork Brazos River Bridge

Posted April 10, 2020, by Brad Smith (gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The picture shows a modern replacement bridge. I would assume the 1910 bridge was replaced.