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UP-Sycamore Creek Bridge (e)

Looking South

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2014

BH Photo #295485

Overview: Six-panel Pratt through truss and six-panel Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Sycamore Creek on railroad
Location: Kinney County, Texas
Status: Open
History: Built 1903
Railroads: - Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (GHSA)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design: Two span through truss (six-panel Pratt truss and six-panel Warren truss with all verticals). Deck girder approach.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 159.0 ft.
Total length: 434.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +29.38776, -100.70449 (decimal degrees)
29°23'16" N, 100°42'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/334593/3252154 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Mud Creek North
Inventory number: BH 57559 (Bridgehunter.com ID)