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HB&T Railway Bascule Bridge

Harris County, Texas
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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Description 

The counterweight is removed and is directly under US59, meaning either the bridge was abandoned after the current overpass was built, or they just didn't bother to destroy the bridge when they built it.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Buffalo Bayou on Railroad
Location
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1912
Builders
- A.F. Robinson, (Consulting Engineer)
- American Construction Co. (Erection)
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Design)
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Fabrication)
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.76653, -95.34687   (decimal degrees)
29°45'59" N, 95°20'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/273089/3295223 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Settegast
Inventory number
BH 52634 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A.F. Robinson, (1)
Abandoned (1,371)
American Construction Co. (1)
Bascule (559)
Buffalo Bayou (7)
Harris County, Texas (60)
Houston Belt & Terminal Railway (4)
Houston, Texas (41)
 Movable (1,355)
Railroad (4,068)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (26)
Texas (1,526)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,565)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (67)

Update Log 

  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • July 14, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • July 13, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • June 8, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Flickr - Bridge
  • Flickr - Counterweight
  • Flickr - Plaque

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