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Lavaca River Railroad Bridge
Photos
Lavaca Railroad Bridge 2021
Picture of remaining concrete supports to the former railroad bridge.
Photo taken by Clayton J. Migl
BH Photo #533714
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Truss bridge over Lavaca river on Old S.A.&A.P.R.R. line
- Location
- Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas
- Status
- Concrete supports present. Iron bridge removed.
- History
- Bridge at the site of the wreck of the Don Milo. Built sometime after 1889. Iron bridge was washed off concrete supports in 1940 when a floating house crashed into it. Operational until 1959 when old S.A.&A.P. Yoakum- Eagle Lake line abandoned.
- Design
- Truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.43550, -96.94671 (decimal degrees)
29°26'08" N, 96°56'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/699168/3257990 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 98673 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Clayton J. Migl - Clayton [dot] j [dot] migl2006 [at] outlook [dot] com
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The truss was at least built after 1890, because the bridge in this entry https://bridgehunter.com/tx/lavaca/bh95778/ was washed out in January 1890, per the source material for the image.