Rating:
49406
{93}%
2 votes
TXPF - Colorado River Bridge (Ballinger)
Photos
Ballinger R/R Through Truss
Photo taken by Barclay Gibson
BH Photo #210418
Description
Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt Through Truss bridge over Colorado river on Fort Worth and Western Railroad
- Location
- Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic, approaches removed
- History
- Built 1906, bypassed between 2008 and 2012
- Railroads
- - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FWWR)
- Texas Pacifico Transportation (TXPF)
- Design
- Single 200 ft Pratt Through truss span. Total length is 450 ft with timber stringer approaches.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 450.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
- Also called
- FWWR - Colorado River Bridge (Ballinger)
FWWR - Colorado River Bridge (Ballinger)
ATSF - Colorado River Bridge (Ballinger)
ATSF - Colorado River Bridge (Ballinger)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.73278, -99.95724 (decimal degrees)
31°43'58" N, 99°57'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/409320/3511214 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ballinger
- Inventory number
- BH 49406 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 6, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
- April 16, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Status update per forum comment
- August 26, 2011: New photos from aaron leibold
- August 23, 2011: Added by aaron leibold
From the Google image above, this bridge has been replaced with a ballasted deck stringer bridge to its East! This bridge is abandoned. 2014-04-16