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Wilson County Camelback Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over San Antonio River on FM 775 (fomerly FM 3444 and old County Road 117))
- Location
- Wilson County, Texas
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built ca. 1890; Bypassed by new bridge in 1986
- Design
- Camelback through truss (with subdivided panels) main span and three Warren pony truss (with polygonal top chord) approach spans
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 180.0 ft.
Total length: 487.0 ft.
- Also called
- San Antonio River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.21535, -98.26145 (decimal degrees)
29°12'55" N, 98°15'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/571786/3232070 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Saspamco
- Inventory number
- BH 43213 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 18, 2021: New photos from Mark Gonzalez
- January 24, 2021: New photos from Mark Gonzalez
- March 31, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
- August 23, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added dimensions
- August 12, 2009: Added by C Hanchey
Sources
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- HAER TX-68 - Wilson County Camelback Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Old County Route 117, Calaveras vicinity, Wilson, TX
- Geoff Hubbs
- Mark Gonzalez - markgonzalez0619 [at] gmail [dot] com
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This bridge by the look of the photos looks well enough to be restored as a pedestrian bridge. The climate out in this area is much more drier than the eastern portions of Texas so there should be less rust damage.