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UP - Guadalupe River Bridge (McQueeney)

Guadalupe County, Texas

Photos 

McQueeny RR.JPG

Photo taken by aaron leibold in May 2011

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BH Photo #209642

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Camelback through truss bridge over Guadalupe River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
McQueeney, Guadalupe County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899. Original main span replaced due to flood damage.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (1949 Camelback Truss)
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Camelback through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 240.0 ft.
Total length: 500.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Also called
UP - McQueeney Bridge
SP - Guadalupe River Bridge (McQueeney)
SP - McQueeney Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.59263, -98.03816   (decimal degrees)
29°35'33" N, 98°02'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/593145/3274033 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
McQueeney
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 150950021509018 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 49381 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,903)
A-frame portal (412)
American Bridge Co. (1,385)
Beam (14,418)
Built 1899 (364)
Built during 1890s (2,756)
Camelback truss (344)
Guadalupe County, Texas (12)
Guadalupe River (16)
Have street view (25,448)
McQueeney, Texas (3)
Open (38,199)
 Owned by railroad (11,112)
Pratt through truss (5,021)
Pratt truss (8,770)
Railroad (14,384)
Southern Pacific Railroad (541)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,893)
Texas (2,366)
Through truss (14,081)
Timber stringer (3,713)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,669)
Truss (31,269)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,187)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2018: New Street View added by Leslie R Trick
  • May 8, 2018: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • February 8, 2015: Merged duplicate listings
  • December 13, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
  • August 20, 2011: Added by aaron leibold

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Sources 

  • aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com

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