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SP - Nueces Bay Causeway

Nueces County, Texas

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SA&AP -Corpus Christi Channel Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2013

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BH Photo #283642

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Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bascule bridge over Nueces Bay on San Antonio & Aransas Pass RR
Location
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1913; Removed ca. 1965
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&AP)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad (TNO)
Design
Deck plate girder bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 39.9 ft.
Also called
TNO - Nueces Bay Causeway
SA&AP - Nueces Bay Causeway
Approximate latitude, longitude
+27.83897, -97.37587   (decimal degrees)
27°50'20" N, 97°22'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/659937/3080423 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Corpus Christi
Inventory number
BH 60990 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,060)
Built 1913 (858)
Built during 1910s (9,632)
Corpus Christi, Texas (11)
Deck girder (5,744)
Girder (10,233)
Lost (24,727)
Lost 1965 (78)
Lost during 1960s (740)
Movable (2,969)
Nueces County, Texas (16)
 Plate girder (7,922)
Railroad (15,411)
Replaced by new bridge (16,573)
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (5)
Southern Pacific Railroad (661)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (173)
Strauss Overhead Counterweight Bascule (54)
Texas (2,471)
Texas & New Orleans Railroad (39)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,192)

Update Log 

  • September 2, 2016: New photos from Luke
  • September 2, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 16, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Southern Pacific Railroad", "San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway", "Texas & New Orleans Railroad", "Railroad"
  • May 16, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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