Texas Website Statistics

All Bridges

• Total listed Texas bridges: 1,582
• Bridges with photos: 548 (34.6%)
• Bridges with Street View: 354 (22.4%)
• Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,546 (97.7%)

• Total photos: 2,219

Extant Bridges

• Extant bridges: 1,034 (65.4% of all)
• Bridges with photos: 502 (48.5% of extant)
• Bridges with Street View: 330 (31.9% of extant)
• Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,023 (98.9% of extant)

Lost Bridges

• Lost bridges: 495 (31.3% of all)
• Bridges with photos: 37 (7.5% of lost)
• Bridges with GPS coordinates: 486 (98.2% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

1. Waco Suspension Bridge (McLennan County, built 1869, open to pedestrians)
2. Brackenridge Park Bowstring (Bexar County, built 1880, open to pedestrians)
3. Cotton Belt Railroad Trestle (Navarro County, built 1881, abandoned)
4. Bulman Bridge (Hamilton County, built 1884, open to pedestrians)
5. North Bosque River Bridge (Bosque County, built 1884, open to traffic)
6. Old Alton Bridge (Denton County, built 1884, open to pedestrians)
7. Moore's Crossing Bridge (Travis County, built 1884, open to pedestrians)
8. Piano Bridge (Fayette County, built 1885, open to traffic)
9. Fort Griffin Bridge (Shackelford County, built 1885, closed to all traffic)
10. Van Alstyne Bridge (Grayson County, built 1886, open to pedestrians)

By Design

• Arch: 96 (6.1%)
  • Deck arch: 89 (5.6%)
    • Brick arch: 2 (0.1%)
    • Closed-spandrel arch: 10 (0.6%)
    • Open-spandrel arch: 5 (0.3%)
    • Steel arch: 11 (0.7%)
    • Stone arch: 17 (1.1%)
  • Through arch: 7 (0.4%)
    • Concrete through arch: 1 (0.06%)
    • Steel through arch: 6 (0.4%)

• Beam: 148 (9.4%)
  • Stringer: 106 (6.7%)
    • Concrete stringer: 4 (0.3%)
    • Steel stringer: 71 (4.5%)
    • Timber stringer: 21 (1.3%)
  • Concrete tee beam: 39 (2.5%)

• Culvert: 135 (8.5%)
  • Concrete culvert: 2 (0.1%)
  • Stone culvert: 130 (8.2%)

• Ferry: 1 (0.06%)

• Rigid frame: 8 (0.5%)
  • Concrete rigid frame: 8 (0.5%)

• Girder: 56 (3.5%)
  • Deck girder: 25 (1.6%)
    • Concrete deck girder: 5 (0.3%)
    • Deck plate girder: 19 (1.2%)
  • Pony/through girder: 28 (1.8%)
    • Concrete pony/through girder: 2 (0.1%)
    • Pony/through plate girder: 26 (1.6%)

• Other: 13 (0.8%)

• Slab: 22 (1.4%)

• Suspension: 15 (0.9%)
  • Cable-stayed: 4 (0.3%)
  • Wire suspension: 10 (0.6%)

• Truss: 1,062 (67.1%)
  • Bedstead pony truss: 2 (0.1%)
    • Bedstead Pratt pony truss: 2 (0.1%)
  • Deck truss: 21 (1.3%)
    • Pratt deck truss: 3 (0.2%)
    • Warren deck truss: 3 (0.2%)
      • Warren deck truss with all verticals: 1 (0.06%)
  • Modern truss: 1 (0.06%)
    • Modern through truss: 1 (0.06%)
      • Modern bowstring pony truss: 1 (0.06%)
  • Pony truss: 693 (43.8%)
    • Bowstring pony truss: 5 (0.3%)
    • Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 1 (0.06%)
    • Howe pony truss: 1 (0.06%)
    • Kingpost pony truss: 1 (0.06%)
    • Lenticular pony truss: 7 (0.4%)
    • Parker pony truss: 3 (0.2%)
    • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 25 (1.6%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 7 (0.4%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss with all verticals: 1 (0.06%)
    • Pratt pony truss: 7 (0.4%)
    • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 4 (0.3%)
    • Warren pony truss: 72 (4.6%)
      • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 32 (2.0%)
      • Warren pony truss with no verticals: 3 (0.2%)
      • Warren pony truss with all verticals: 8 (0.5%)
  • Through truss: 274 (17.3%)
    • Camelback through truss: 13 (0.8%)
    • Howe through truss: 1 (0.06%)
    • Lattice through truss: 3 (0.2%)
      • Quadrangular lattice through truss: 2 (0.1%)
    • Lenticular through truss: 1 (0.06%)
    • Parker through truss: 41 (2.6%)
    • Pennsylvania through truss: 3 (0.2%)
    • Polygonal Warren through truss: 3 (0.2%)
    • Pratt through truss: 80 (5.1%)
    • Warren through truss: 24 (1.5%)
      • Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.06%)
      • Warren through truss with all verticals: 8 (0.5%)
    • Whipple through truss: 5 (0.3%)

• Tunnel: 2 (0.1%)

• Unknown: 24 (1.5%)