Rating:
7 votes

Brackenridge Park Bridge

Bexar County, Texas

Photos 

Side view

Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar

BH Photo #108930

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lenticular through truss bridge over San Antonio River on Brackenridge Road in San Antonio
Location
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1890 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; originally on St Mary Street, relocated to park 1924 (another source says 1937)
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design
Lenticular through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 92.9 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Deck width: 28.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Also called
St Mary Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.46306, -98.46889   (decimal degrees)
29°27'47" N, 98°28'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/551498/3259407 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
San Antonio East
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
1,630
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 150150B03825002 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32772 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 37.1 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (9,633)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (203)
Bexar County, Texas (112)
Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1890 (325)
Built during 1890s (3,389)
Have street view (30,410)
Lenticular through truss (96)
Lenticular truss (200)
Not structurally deficient (1)
 Open (41,434)
Owned by city (6,282)
Park (288)
San Antonio River (57)
San Antonio, Texas (95)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,804)
Texas (3,110)
Through truss (19,028)
Total length 75-100 feet (7,074)
Truss (38,311)

Update Log 

  • September 11, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 27, 2021: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Bridge is not structurally deficient
  • March 23, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • December 10, 2012: HAER photos posted by James Baughn
  • August 7, 2012: New Street View added by Sheldon Wiens
  • August 28, 2006: Posted photos from Wayne Kizziar

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Wayne Kizziar - waynekizziar [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Todd Wilson
  • Sheldon Wiens
  • HAER TX-103 - Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Christopher Finigan
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Brackenridge Park Bridge
Posted January 25, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I also like the San Antonio lenticular bridges because they are among the only historic bridges in all of North America that use more than one paint color on the trusses. This eye-catching technique is more common in England.

Brackenridge Park Bridge
Posted January 23, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The lower chord eyebars are prevalent in the first 2 panels but are otherwise obscured by the walkways.

Definitely one of the most beautifully ornate parabolic spans remaining!

Brackenridge Park Bridge
Posted January 23, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The lower chords are lightweight and are not visible in the first photograph. Photograps 2 and 3 reveal them, but in some photographs this bridge just looks like a Parker with vertical endposts.

Brackenridge Park Bridge
Posted January 23, 2012, by Dan Crawford (danpaulcrawford [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Beautiful bridge. Details are unusual. However, I don't see the Lenticular elements. Looks more like a Parker truss to me.