Galveston-Houston Electric Railway Viaduct

Photos

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #395877

Overview: Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway & Leeland Road
Location: Harris County, Texas
Status: Removed
History: Built 1910
Builder: - Stone & Webster of Boston, Massachusetts
Railroads: - Galveston-Houston Electric Railway (G&HE)
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF)
- Interurban
Design: 1 88' Pony plate girder
1 24' Pony plate girder
83 23' Concrete deck girders
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 88.0 ft.
Total length: 1,760.0 ft.
Also called: Galveston-Houston/GC&SF Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude: +29.72846, -95.33782 (decimal degrees)
29°43'42" N, 95°20'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/273879/3290985 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Park Place
Inventory number: BH 66034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

July 5, 2017: New photos from Luke
December 22, 2016: Updated by Dave King: Added longest span length
May 28, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added dimensions from The Electric Railway Journal, Volume 37
February 14, 2015: Added by Luke