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UP - Lindsey Creek Bridge

Kinney County, Texas

Photos 

UP-Lindsey Creek Bridge

Looking North

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2014

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BH Photo #295478

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Lindsey Creek on railroad
Location
Kinney County, Texas
Status
Open
History
Built 1950 by the Virginia Bridge Co. (USS)
Builder
- Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Railroads
- Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (GHSA)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 117.0 ft.
Total length: 218.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.15414, -100.38551   (decimal degrees)
29°09'15" N, 100°23'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/365245/3225857 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spofford
Inventory number
BH 57561 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1950 (581)
Built during 1950s (3,845)
Deck girder (5,748)
Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (23)
Girder (10,237)
Have street view (26,948)
Kinney County, Texas (7)
Open (39,884)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Plate girder (7,926)
Railroad (15,426)
 Southern Pacific Railroad (661)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,398)
Texas (2,471)
Through truss (15,070)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,269)
Truss (32,794)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,373)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)
Warren through truss (1,615)
Warren through truss with all verticals (400)
Warren truss (6,565)

Update Log 

  • February 10, 2021: New photos from C Hanchey
  • September 24, 2014: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: update bridge 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
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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