Old Railroad Road Bridge

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Old Railroad Rd Snake Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Scott Wiley 02/13/11

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BH Photo #193504

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Street View 

Brief history 

The road this bridge carries was once a railroad. The bridge is (was) a train bridge and extremely heavy duty built. Needless to say there are no weight limit signs for auto traffic. If your vehicle can fit on the extremely narrow road deck, you are good to go.

Facts 

Overview

Pony truss bridge over Snake Creek on Old Railroad Road

Location

McLennan County, Texas

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1920; M-K-T branch abandoned mid 1960s

Railroad

- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)

Design

Parker pony truss with camelback upper chord

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 107.0 ft.
Deck width: 9.8 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+31.78500, -97.17000   (decimal degrees)
31°47'06" N, 97°10'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/673268/3518062 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Aquilla

Average daily traffic (as of 2016)

155

Inventory numbers

TXNBI 091610AA0454001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33244 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of April 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 60.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• February 14, 2011: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge type
• February 14, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
• February 13, 2011: Essay added by Scott Wiley

Sources 

• Scott Wiley - fifty [dot] fathoms [at] yahoo [dot] com
• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Matt Lohry

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