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Black Bridge

Lee County, Texas
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http://blog.thatlittlepaper.com/

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge
Location
Dime Box, Lee County, Texas
Status
In storage
Future prospects
Bridge currently sits in a field awaiting relocation and rehab in the proposed Dime Box "Black Bridge Park." See given url link on this page.
History
Built 1912 over railroad in Dime Box
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
Moses Bridge
Dime Box Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.35851, -96.82166   (decimal degrees)
30°21'31" N, 96°49'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/709360/3360523 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dime Box
Inventory number
BH 49529 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Available for reuse (162)
Built 1912 (525)
Built during 1910s (6,731)
Dime Box, Texas (1)
In storage (76)
Lee County, Texas (8)
 Owned by city (3,053)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Texas (1,528)
Through truss (9,211)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • September 7, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added alternate names
  • September 7, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Black Bridge
Posted September 7, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I saw pics of the Black "Dime Box" Bridge many years back after it had just been moved to the side. Good to see it is still around and will be taken care of.

Black Bridge
Posted September 7, 2011, by James McCray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Another historic bridge park is in the making: http://blog.thatlittlepaper.com/