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Overview: Camelback through truss bridge over Colorado River on US 183 Southbound Frontage Road in Austin
Location: Austin, Travis County, Texas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1938
Design: 5 - Camelback through truss main spans with 4 simple steel I-beam approach spans
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 1,221.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.7 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1996
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.24556, -97.69139 (decimal degrees)
30°14'44" N, 97°41'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/625906/3346719 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Montopolis
Inventory numbers: TXNBI 142270026501034 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 96001118 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33389 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 53.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 29,200

February 2, 2012: Updated by W Schutz: Clarified type of truss and added approach span information
January 4, 2012: Updated by Jason Straub: added NRHP info
August 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth