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Dodd's Creek Bridge

Bell County, Texas

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Overview

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=29256

By Keith Peterson, February 2, 2008

BH Photo #211673

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lenticular pony truss bridge over Salado Creek on a pedestrian walkway
Location
Salado, Bell County, Texas
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1899 by the Berlin Bridge Co. over Cowhouse Creek in Coryell County, then later moved to Dodd's Creek. Relocated and rehabilitated over Salado Creek in 1997.
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design
Lenticular pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 87.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.94835, -97.53678   (decimal degrees)
30°56'54" N, 97°32'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/639770/3424796 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Salado
Inventory number
BH 49474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,634)
Bell County, Texas (24)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (178)
Built 1889 (240)
Built during 1880s (2,011)
Have street view (27,081)
Lenticular pony truss (88)
Lenticular truss (167)
 Open to pedestrians (4,257)
Owned by city (5,491)
Pony truss (16,254)
Preserved (1,195)
Salado, Texas (2)
Texas (2,481)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (33,000)

Update Log 

  • October 26, 2014: New photo from Larry D. Moore
  • September 1, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Dodd's Creek Bridge Marker - Information on Dodd's Creek Bridge
  • Larry D. Moore

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