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UP - Guadalupe River Bridge (Victoria)

Victoria County, Texas

Photos 

Victoria Railroad bridge

Photo taken by Eddie 77901

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BH Photo #210420

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Guadalupe River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Single 175ft span Pin Connected Pratt Through Truss bridge. Total length 260ft including timber stringer approaches. Abutments are concrete.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 175.0 ft.
Total length: 260.0 ft.
Also called
UP - Victoria Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+28.78976, -97.01109   (decimal degrees)
28°47'23" N, 97°00'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/694131/3186316 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Victoria West
Inventory number
BH 49408 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (420)
Beam (15,705)
Built 1927 (861)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Guadalupe River (16)
Have street view (26,929)
Open (39,880)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,387)
Pratt truss (9,293)
 Railroad (15,409)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
Texas (2,471)
Through truss (15,054)
Timber stringer (4,012)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,223)
Truss (32,771)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,372)
Victoria County, Texas (8)
Victoria, Texas (1)

Update Log 

  • May 29, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • April 20, 2014: Updated by Patrick Feller: Added category "guadalupe river"
  • October 24, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • November 25, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected name + added photograph & category
  • September 15, 2011: New photos from Kevin Dellaria
  • August 23, 2011: Added by aaron leibold

Sources 

  • aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Kevin Dellaria
  • Luke

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