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Intracoastal Waterway Bridge

Matagorda County, Texas

Photo 

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014

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BH Photo #339441

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FM 2031
Location
Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1969
Design
Swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 230.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+28.68667, -95.96528   (decimal degrees)
28°41'12" N, 95°57'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/210245/3176873 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Matagorda
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 131580060401002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33232 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1969 (114)
Built during 1960s (2,041)
Have street view (27,199)
Intracoastal Waterway (134)
Lost (25,527)
Matagorda County, Texas (5)
Matagorda, Texas (1)
Movable (3,021)
 Navigable waterway (2,164)
Owned by state (16,138)
Replaced by new bridge (17,218)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,424)
Swing (1,486)
Texas (2,487)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,300)

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2015: New photos from Luke
  • October 16, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • November 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Replaced by a new bridge
  • April 19, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated status.

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Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Posted October 25, 2015, by Patrick Feller (nakrnsm [at] aol [dot] com)

The photos shown are of the FM 457 bridge:

http://bridgehunter.com/tx/matagorda/131580060501016/

I know because I took them.

Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Posted November 26, 2012, by Patrick Feller (nakrnsm [at] aol [dot] com)

The new fixed bridge, in Matagorda, in Matagorda County, is in operation and the swing bridge no longer exists.

Note: The uglybridges.com listing for Matagorda County is filled with bridges and locations that are not even near Matagorda County.

Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Posted September 12, 2008, by Anne L. Cook (acook [at] dot [dot] state [dot] tx [dot] us)

The swing bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 2031 is in Matagorda County NOT Marion County. It will be replaced by a fixed-span bridge which is under construction.

Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Posted May 6, 2008, by Brad (gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com)

THis bridge is in Jefferson County Texas. The town of Jefferson is 140 miles north in Marion county!