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UP - Colorado River Bridge (Austin)
Photos
UP-Colorado River Bridge
Looking NW from 1st Street Bridge
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in April 2014
BH Photo #294480
Facts
- Overview
- 1902 Pony plate girder bridge over Colorado River/Cesar Chavez St on UP RR
- Location
- Austin, Travis County, Texas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- 13-1902 Pony plate girders
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Pony plate girder with floor system
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 101.1 ft.
Total length: 1,333.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- UP - Cesar Chavez Street Overpass
UP - Riverside Drive Overpass
MoPac - Colorado River Bridge (Austin)
MoPac - Cesar Chavez Street Overpass
MoPac - Riverside Drive Overpass - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +30.26506, -97.75452 (decimal degrees)
30°15'54" N, 97°45'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/619808/3348812 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Austin West
- Inventory numbers
- 142270011312089
142270B01260001
BH 63045 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Comments
UP - Colorado River Bridge (Austin)
Hi. I'm going to be in this area soon and want to photograph Amtrak crossing this bridge.
Of the photos taken from the east side of the RR bridge, what type of zoom lens did you use?
I have a 200 mm and am wondering if that would bring the bridge close enough from the 1st Street bridge.
Thanks for your help
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Hello Doug
I used a 300mm lens, from 1st street, west of the bridge and the pedestrian bridge east of the bridge. However you can get much closer to the bridge, including the portals.
Royce