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US90 Pecos River High Bridge
Photos
Pecos high bridge
Fisheye perspective from the highway viewing area
Photo taken by Dan Crawford in August 2008
BH Photo #223734
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Pecos River on US 90
- Location
- Val Verde County, Texas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1957
- Design
- Continuous deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 374.5 ft.
Total length: 1,310.1 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.70889, -101.35194 (decimal degrees)
29°42'32" N, 101°21'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/272468/3288843 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Seminole Canyon
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 1,560
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 222330002206068 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33413 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- September 24, 2019: Updated by James F. Gentner: Corrected Main Span length
- September 20, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- April 22, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- April 22, 2013: New photos from Nathan Morton
- January 23, 2012: New photo from Dan Crawford
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The bridge is over the section of the river near its confluence with the Rio Grande. It was constructed before Amistad Resevoir was created, and now crosses the upper reaches of that lake's extension into the Pecos. Originally 273 feet above a narrow shallow river (as attested to by the bridge sign), it now may be as much as 50 feet nearer the water, which often extends from canyon wall to wall, almost a quarter mile across. Despite the river's depth, no diving is allowed from the bridge.