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UP - Nueces River Bridge

Uvalde County, Texas

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Nueces River Railroad Bridge

Looking SW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2014

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BH Photo #294848

Map 

Description 

17 concrete stringer spans leading into 12 girder spans in the western approach to four four-panel Pratt trusses (three dated 1903) leading to two eight-panel Warren with all verticals through trusses leading to one four-panel Pratt through truss on eastern approach.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Nueces River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Uvalde County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (GHSA)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad (TNO)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Two Polygonal Warren Through trusses with all verticals. Five Pratt through trusses with all verticals. Twelve deck girder spans. With 17 concrete stringer spans leading into western approach.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 236.0 ft.
Total length: 2,013.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Also called
SP - Nueces River Bridge
TNO - Nueces River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.24408, -99.90721   (decimal degrees)
29°14'39" N, 99°54'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/411844/3235369 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hacienda
Inventory number
BH 48233 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (595)
Built during 1900s (7,228)
Deck girder (5,753)
Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (23)
Girder (10,247)
Nueces River (10)
Open (39,899)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Plate girder (7,933)
Polygonal Warren through truss (431)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (107)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,052)
Pratt through truss (5,398)
 Pratt truss (9,307)
Railroad (15,438)
Southern Pacific Railroad (661)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Texas (2,471)
Texas & New Orleans Railroad (39)
Through truss (15,087)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,886)
Truss (32,814)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,374)
Uvalde County, Texas (8)
Warren truss (6,568)

Update Log 

  • September 21, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • September 20, 2014: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: dates and description updates
  • February 23, 2011: Added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Flickr - Photo
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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