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Southern Pacific Lake Amistad Bridge

Val Verde County, Texas
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Beyond the west approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in March 2013

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Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Lake Amistad (reservoir) on trackage of Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Six Warren through truss spans on concrete piers
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)
USGS topographic map
Amistad Dam
Inventory number
BH 39074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Del Rio, Texas (1)
Open (28,454)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Railroad (4,223)
Texas (1,537)
Through truss (9,254)
 Truss (23,615)
Union Pacific Railroad (832)
Val Verde County, Texas (3)
Warren through truss (935)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • April 22, 2013: New photos from Nathan Morton
  • February 26, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected location

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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