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Canadian River Wagon Bridge

Hemphill County, Texas

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #114997

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Twenty-one span through truss bridge over Canadian River on US 60/US 83 at Canadian
Location
Hemphill County, Texas
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1916 by the Canton Bridge Co.; four additional spans added 1923; bypassed by new bridge in 1953; rehabilitated and opened to pedestrian traffic in 2000
Builders
- Austin Brothers Bridge Co. of Dallas Texas/Atlanta, Georgia (1923 Spans)
- Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Original Spans)
Design
Twenty-one, 7-panel, pin-connected Parker through trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 3,255.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.93564, -100.37146   (decimal degrees)
35°56'08" N, 100°22'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/376289/3977679 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Canadian East
Inventory number
BH 36690 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Austin Brothers Bridge Co. (18)
Built 1916 (645)
Built during 1910s (8,924)
Canadian River (43)
Canton Bridge Co. (179)
Have street view (23,527)
Hemphill County, Texas (2)
Open to pedestrians (3,652)
Parker through truss (1,191)
 Parker truss (1,548)
Pin-connected (3,489)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,840)
Texas (2,296)
Through truss (13,145)
Total length over 2500 feet (787)
Truss (29,809)
US 60 (75)
US 83 (6)

Update Log 

  • October 30, 2013: New photos from John Scruggs
  • April 16, 2012: New photo from Dan Crawford
  • April 10, 2012: Updated by Dan Crawford: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • October 4, 2011: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • June 14, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

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Canadian River Wagon Bridge
Posted October 30, 2013, by John Scruggs (johnscruggs[at]j-kj[dot]com)

Just to answer the how many spans question .... In May of 2012 one span could easily cross the river. I'm sure that's the way it is most of the time. I'm also sure there are times when the river is much, much wider.

Canadian River Wagon Bridge
Posted August 4, 2013, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is the longest pin-connected truss in Texas. I wonder how it ranks in the country?

Canadian River Wagon Bridge
Posted August 12, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

That is one crazy long bridge. Would like to know how many spans are actually over the river!

Canadian River Wagon Bridge
Posted August 12, 2009, by Todd D. Walker (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

Would be great if someone would post a pic or two of this bridge all restored. Texas and Oklahoma has quite a collection of long multispan pony and thru trusses, most of which are still standing as shown on this site.