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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Clear Fork Brazos River on CR 188
- Location
- Shackelford County, Texas
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1885 by the King Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 108.9 ft.
Total length: 311.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.93444, -99.22444 (decimal degrees)
32°56'04" N, 99°13'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/479017/3644041 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Fort Griffin
- Inventory number
- BH 33366 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 02/2007)
- Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 50
Sources
- HAER TX-63 - Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin vicinity, Shackelford County, TX
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com