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Grove Creek Bridge

Hill County, Texas

Photo 

Picture taken Jul 2007

Photo taken by Ken Miller

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BH Photo #243202

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over Grove Creek on CR 3136 N
Location
Hill County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 2010
Design
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 39.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.00700, -97.01990   (decimal degrees)
32°00'25" N, 97°01'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/687033/3542924 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hillsboro East
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
25
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 091100AA0257001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33105 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2009)
Overall condition: Fair
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Hill County, Texas (31)
Lost (28,468)
Lost 2010 (488)
Lost during 2010s (3,601)
One-lane traffic (7,835)
Owned by county (21,607)
Pony truss (17,011)
Replaced by new bridge (19,360)
 Span length 25-50 feet (16,220)
Texas (2,903)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,499)
Truss (35,452)
Warren pony truss (3,557)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (785)
Warren truss (7,001)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Open per post, refined type
  • November 18, 2012: New photo from Ken Miller

Sources 

  • Ken Miller - dermoons [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Grove Creek Bridge
Posted March 30, 2013, by Priscilla Farmer (farminpeas [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I crossed this bridge on March 27th, 2013; while traveling as a crop insurance adjuster. I took a few photos.

Priscilla Farmer

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