Sycamore Creek Bridge

Photos

3/4 View From E

Photo taken by Joseph E. Elliott for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #313884

The Sycamore Creek Bridge is the last surviving bridge employing a Pratt half-hip pony truss in Hamilton County.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Sycamore Creek on CR 288
Location: Hamilton County, Texas
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1911; Replaced 1997
Builder: - Montague S. Hasie of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Design: Half-hip Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 48.9 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +31.68944, -97.97583 (decimal degrees)
31°41'22" N, 97°58'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/597065/3506469 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Cutoff Mountain
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 35
Inventory numbers: TXNBI 090980AA0288001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42054 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 97 (out of 100)
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HAER TX-58 - Sycamore Creek Bridge, Spanning Sycamore Creek at County Route 288, Hamilton, Hamilton County, TX