Rating:
1 vote

FM1713 Lake Whitney Bridge

Hill County, Texas, and Bosque County, Texas

Photos 

Aa upload

Photo taken by Glenn Celerier 19 May 2018

Enlarge

BH Photo #482042

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Brazos River / Lake Whitney on Highway
Location
Hill County, Texas, and Bosque County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1950; Rehabilitated 1971
Railroad
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 122.1 ft.
Total length: 3,055.3 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Also called
Katy Bridge (Local Name)
FM1409 Lake Whitney Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.95753, -97.40062   (decimal degrees)
31°57'27" N, 97°24'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/651148/3536844 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 090180322802001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 90688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bosque County, Texas (23)
Built 1950 (609)
Built during 1950s (4,051)
Deck girder (6,402)
Girder (11,350)
Hill County, Texas (31)
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (216)
Open (41,207)
 Owned by state (16,660)
Plate girder (8,879)
Rail-to-road (359)
Railroad (16,666)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,621)
Texas (3,077)
Total length over 2500 feet (966)

Update Log 

  • May 26, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added info
  • September 20, 2020: New photo from Glenn Celerier

Sources 

  • Glenn Celerier - celerier [dot] bridgehunter [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke
Post a comment here

Comments 

Lake Whitney Bridge Farm to Market Road 1409
Posted May 26, 2021, by Steven Olsen (cliftonrailmuseum [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Bridge built by Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad (MKT, Katy).

Rail abandoned and bridge donated to State of Texas for conversion to highway bridge.