Congress Avenue Bridge

Photos 

South Congress Street Bridge

Looking East from the S.1st Street Bridge

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in April 2014

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BH Photo #287126

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Concrete arch bridge over Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) of Colorado River on South Congress Avenue in Austin

Location

Austin, Travis County, Texas

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1909; rehabilitated 1980

Design

Arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 119.1 ft.
Total length: 945.9 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.

Also called

South Congress Avenue Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.26165, -97.74508   (decimal degrees)
30°15'42" N, 97°44'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/620719/3348445 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Austin East

Average daily traffic (as of 2014)

34,580

Inventory numbers

TXNBI 142270B00425007 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33402 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of March 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 4, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• September 18, 2016: New photo from Dave King
• May 25, 2015: Updated by Nathan Holth: Noted present name for the reservoir is Lady Bird Lake.
• February 26, 2015: New photo from Luke
• July 6, 2014: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Related Bridges 

• Moore's Crossing Bridge (Predecessor) - This is the Congress Avenue Bridge that replaced the six span truss bridge.

Sources 

• Todd Wilson
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke
• Nathan Holth
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs

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