Wildcat Bridge Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Little Brazos River on Wildcat Bridge Road
- Location
- Robertson County, Texas
- Status
- Open to traffic with a 5,000 pound limit
- Future prospects
- To be rehabilitated
- History
- Built 1920
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 321.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +30.94500, -96.73278 (decimal degrees)
30°56'42" N, 96°43'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/716593/3425710 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Calvert
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 171980AA0120002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33348 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 70
Comments
Hey Tony,
I'm with you on the dates, these are much older and part of a span that was across Hwy 21. I meet with TxDOT tomorrow and am going to look for the 3rd one that was part of the Wildcat/Providence Bridges project. TxDOT bundled these two projects together in the bidding process and both are underway. They are being shifted longitudinally, rolled onto new piers from being repaired in place. Glad that they are older, makes more sense.
Cotton area, big ante-bellum houses so the dates would have made sense for Farm to Market bridges.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The contract was let and DCI won it. So another bridge will get the Michigan experts. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER. Workin' Bridges in a small way helped by getting the Piano Bridge job which got the ball rolling. Not bad for a little shop in Iowa.
The contract was let and DCI won it. So another bridge will get the Michigan experts. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER. Workin' Bridges in a small way helped by getting the Piano Bridge job which got the ball rolling. Not bad for a little shop in Iowa.
This is another TxDOT Charles Qalker engineered restorations that after the last success has specified hot riviting. We will know soon who gets the bid for this job, i am of course rooting for my Favorite craftsmen.
Glad to hear about this restoration!
With the lacing and pinned connections, I would place this bridge as being older than 1920. Perhaps between 1900-1910.
This bridge is scheduled for restoration.
A Pratt Through Truss Bridge Spans the Little Brazos River, West of the city of Calvert, Burleson County, Texas. Located on Douglas McCary Rd, or Wildcat Bridge Rd. It is open and still in use today.
A Pratt Through Truss Bridge Spans the Little Brazos River, West of the city of Calvert, Burleson County, Texas. Located on Douglas McCary Rd, or Wildcat Bridge Rd. It is open and still in use today.
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