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UP - Sycamore Creek Bridge (E)

Kinney County, Texas

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UP-Sycamore Creek Bridge (e)

Looking South

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2014

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BH Photo #295485

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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
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Six-panel Pratt through truss. Six-panel Warren through 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)

Categories 

Deck girder (4,779)
Girder (8,558)
Have street view (23,740)
Kinney County, Texas (7)
Open (37,181)
Owned by railroad (10,401)
Pratt through truss (4,705)
Pratt truss (8,181)
Railroad (13,775)
Southern Pacific Railroad (514)
 Span length 125-175 feet (3,857)
Texas (2,305)
Through truss (13,182)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,727)
Truss (29,882)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,060)
Warren through truss (1,501)
Warren through truss with all verticals (347)
Warren truss (5,945)

Update Log 

  • September 24, 2014: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: added design
  • August 12, 2013: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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