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FM 2305 Hike & Bike Trail Bridge

Bell County, Texas

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Pepper Creek Hike and Bike Trail Bridge

Photo taken by Larry D. Moore in May 2016

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #353583

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Pepper Creek on FM 2305 Hike & Bike Trail
Location
Temple, Bell County, Texas
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built in 1889 by the Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Company
Builder
- Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
Pinned 9-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 180.0 ft.
Total length: 180.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Also called
Pepper Creek Hike & Bike Trail Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.11441, -97.40432   (decimal degrees)
31°06'52" N, 97°24'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/652160/3443376 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Belton
Elevation
573 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 66839 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,622)
Bell County, Texas (24)
Built 1889 (239)
Built during 1880s (2,009)
Have street view (27,060)
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works (36)
Open to pedestrians (4,249)
Owned by city (5,458)
Pratt through truss (5,421)
 Pratt truss (9,341)
Preserved (1,194)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,991)
Temple, Texas (2)
Texas (2,474)
Through truss (15,163)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,285)
Truss (32,941)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2016: Updated by Larry D. Moore: Added information, width, length, elevation, etc.
  • March 31, 2015: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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