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SA&AP - Nueces Bay Causeway (Old)

Nueces County, Texas

Photos 

Corpus Christi rail bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2013

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BH Photo #283643

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss swing bridge over Nueces Bay on San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway
Location
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1896, Replaced ca. 1913
Railroads
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&AP)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Texas & Northern Railway (TN)
Design
Howe through truss swing
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 60991 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,073)
Built 1896 (294)
Built during 1890s (3,279)
Corpus Christi, Texas (11)
Howe through truss (583)
Howe truss (726)
Lost (30,014)
Lost 1913 (207)
Lost during 1910s (751)
Movable (3,157)
Navigable waterway (2,224)
 Nueces County, Texas (17)
Railroad (16,665)
Replaced by new bridge (20,421)
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (5)
Southern Pacific Railroad (706)
Swing (1,592)
Texas (3,077)
Texas & Northern Railway (2)
Through truss (17,875)
Truss (36,780)

Update Log 

  • February 5, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • May 16, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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