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Photo taken by AMAPO

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BH Photo #272915

Overview: Pratt through truss and Pratt deck truss bridge over Rio Grande on KCS/KCSM
Location: Laredo, Webb County, Texas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1910
Builder: - American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads: - Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM)
- Texas Mexican Railway (TM)
Design: 2 Pratt through truss spans and four Pratt deck truss approach spans
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 184.0 ft.
Total length: 1,084.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Also called: Laredo International Railway Bridge
KCS/KCSM Texas-Mexico Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +27.49847, -99.51621 (decimal degrees)
27°29'54" N, 99°30'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/449011/3041753 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Laredo West OE S
Inventory number: BH 59237 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

February 3, 2021: New photo from C Hanchey
August 12, 2019: New photo from Nathan Holth
September 22, 2014: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: "crosses" changed design corrected pratt not warren deck
January 17, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
January 16, 2014: Added by Luke Harden