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UP - Lake Amistad Bridge

Val Verde County, Texas

Photos 

Beyond the west approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in March 2013

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BH Photo #252753

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Lake Amistad (reservoir)
Location
Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1963 on new alignment for Amistad Reservoir Project
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Six Warren through truss spans on concrete piers
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 403.0 ft.
Total length: 2,243.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
SP - Lake Amistad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.48574, -101.03543   (decimal degrees)
29°29'09" N, 101°02'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/302661/3263529 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Amistad Dam
Inventory number
BH 39074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1963 (234)
Built during 1960s (2,032)
Del Rio, Texas (8)
Have street view (26,956)
Open (39,895)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Railroad (15,437)
Southern Pacific Railroad (661)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
 Texas (2,471)
Through truss (15,080)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,807)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,374)
Val Verde County, Texas (24)
Warren through truss (1,616)
Warren truss (6,568)

Update Log 

  • September 25, 2014: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • September 24, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • September 23, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • September 23, 2014: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: added build date
  • April 22, 2013: New photos from Nathan Morton
  • February 26, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected location

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

UP - Lake Amistad Bridge
Posted February 26, 2021, by A.C. (amandasoliscurtis [at] gmail [dot] com)

Is this bridge a Warren through truss as stated above? I have no bridge identification experience but to me it looks more like a Parker truss type. Can the reason why this is a Warren truss be explained to me. Thank you!