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UP - Cedar Bayou Lift Bridge
Documents
 | Cedar Bayou Lift Bridge For SalePDF (191 KB) Created by the Historic Bridge Foundation; osted by Luke
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Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over Cedar Bayou on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Baytown, Harris County, Texas, and Chambers County, Texas
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built 1966
- Builders
- - Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia (Superstructure fabrication in 1912) [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
- Waddell & Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri (Superstructure design in 1912)
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Warren through truss
- Also called
- MoPac - Cedar Bayou Lift Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.71681, -94.94546 (decimal degrees)
29°43'01" N, 94°56'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/311815/3288990 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Morgans Point
- Inventory number
- BH 52921 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 12, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 10, 2018: Document added by Luke
- April 22, 2014: Photo imported by Patrick Feller
- August 28, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 26, 2012: New Street View added by Jared Mixson
- July 16, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- July 14, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- MoPac - St Francis River Bridge (Predecessor) - (Parts reused from)
Sources
- Luke
- Jared
- Douglas Butler
- October 6, 1966 edition of the The Baytown Sun - Newspapers.com
Comments
UP - Cedar Bayou Lift Bridge
This vertical lift bridge was moved & put in place over Cedar Bayou in 1967. It was built by Virginia Bridge & Iron Company in 1912 over the St. Francis River at Cody, Lee County, Arkansas. I have searched extensively to find pictures of the bridge at its original location in Arkansas but find none. Looking for help with my search. Thanks! Attached is of the builders plaque and where the plaque is located.
UP - Cedar Bayou Lift Bridge
According to http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/6606310/ it was built in 1966, and was relocated from Arkansas.
UP - Cedar Bayou Lift Bridge
Does any one know when and who built the bridge
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Reports indicate TXDOT began removing this bridge this weekend.