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Newcastle Bridge

Young County, Texas

Photos 

Newcastle bridge

Photo taken by M. Bilodeau

BH Photo #210265

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Brazos River on Old Hwy 380
Location
Young County, Texas
Status
Bypassed and closed to traffic in 1988
Builder
- Buckner Bros. of Cleburne, Texas
Design
Parker Through Truss Design with 5 sections of 170 ft each.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 170.0 ft.
Total length: 850.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 2018
Also called
Old Hwy 380 Bridge
State Highway 120 Bridge at the Brazos River
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.17496, -98.75632   (decimal degrees)
33°10'30" N, 98°45'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/522718/3670710 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Proffitt
Inventory numbers
NRHP 100002132 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 49387 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Brazos River (40)
Buckner Bros. (5)
Built 1932 (1,006)
Built during 1930s (12,361)
Have street view (30,595)
NR-listed (3,028)
Open to pedestrians (4,715)
Parker through truss (1,458)
 Parker truss (1,858)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,618)
Texas (3,127)
Through truss (19,326)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,220)
Truss (38,718)
US 380 (1)
Young County, Texas (15)

Update Log 

  • July 31, 2022: New photos from Dwayne Dove
  • February 3, 2022: New photo from Bambi Sharkoman
  • March 9, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder from plaque: Bridge will appear in Netflix movie “The Highwaymen”
  • March 9, 2018: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Alternate Name", "Date of NRHP Listing" & "NRHP Record Number" and Updated "NRHP Status"
  • April 12, 2014: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed wayward cpprdinates
  • September 25, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status as bridge is not lost... just bypassed
  • September 25, 2011: Updated by Linda Thaxton: Added date built and replaced.
  • August 22, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • August 22, 2011: Added by aaron leibold

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Comments 

Newcastle Bridge
Posted August 6, 2018, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

Thank you for your work

Newcastle Bridge
Posted August 5, 2018, by Rene Gomez (rangerfan62 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Hello.

I am the guy who assisted in getting the Newcastle Bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places.