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KCSM - Texas-Mexico Railway Bridge

Webb County, Texas

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Photo taken by AMAPO

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Overview
Pratt deck truss and Warren through truss bridge over Rio Grande on KCS/KCSM
Location
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Webb County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1920
Railroads
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Kansas City Southern de México (KCSM)
- Texas Mexican Railway (TM)
Design
Pratt deck truss and Warren through truss
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)

Categories 

Built 1920 (974)
Built during 1920s (9,485)
Deck truss (1,606)
Have street view (25,415)
International Border Crossing (53)
Kansas City Southern Railway (202)
Kansas City Southern de México (1)
Laredo, Texas (5)
Mexico, Texas (4)
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4)
Open (38,217)
Owned by railroad (11,104)
Pin-connected (3,697)
 Pratt deck truss (332)
Pratt truss (8,743)
Railroad (14,370)
Rio Bravo (1)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,885)
Texas (2,366)
Texas Mexican Railway (2)
Through truss (14,051)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,739)
Truss (31,243)
Warren through truss (1,555)
Warren truss (6,251)
Webb County, Texas (7)

Update Log 

  • 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

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Luke
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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