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UP - Uvalde Bridge

Uvalde County, Texas

Photos 

UP-Uvalde Bridge

Looking West

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2014

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BH Photo #295574

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Two 4-panel Warren with all vertical through trusses. Timber stringers both approaches.

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over unnamed wash on UP Railroad
Location
Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Two Warren through truss with all verticals. Timber stringer approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 113.0 ft.
Total length: 470.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.23616, -99.78286   (decimal degrees)
29°14'10" N, 99°46'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/423921/3234404 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Uvalde
Inventory number
BH 62339 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Built 1903 (593)
Built during 1900s (7,223)
Have street view (26,947)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Railroad (15,414)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,395)
Texas (2,471)
Through truss (15,065)
 Timber stringer (4,018)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,229)
Truss (32,788)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,373)
Uvalde County, Texas (8)
Uvalde, Texas (2)
Warren through truss (1,615)
Warren through truss with all verticals (400)
Warren truss (6,564)

Update Log 

  • September 24, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • August 6, 2014: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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