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UP - Nueces River Bridge
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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
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
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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)
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