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International Bridge

Webb County, Texas

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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by the SMU Central University Libraries

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Rio Grande on Footpath
Location
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Webb County, Texas
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built in the 1880s; Destroyed April 28, 1905
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+27.49926, -99.50749   (decimal degrees)
27°29'57" N, 99°30'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/449873/3041837 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Laredo West OE S
Inventory number
BH 67817 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,448)
Built 1880 (156)
Built during 1880s (1,710)
Destroyed by flood (358)
Laredo, Texas (5)
Lost (19,922)
Lost 1905 (26)
Lost during 1900s (245)
 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (4)
Pony truss (15,230)
Pratt through truss (4,717)
Pratt truss (8,206)
Texas (2,330)
Through truss (13,228)
Truss (29,967)
Webb County, Texas (7)

Update Log 

  • August 21, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • February 5, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • May 28, 2015: Added by Luke

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