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UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge

Brazoria County, Texas

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Lift Truss Railroad Bridge over Old Brazos River, Freeport, Texas

Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #282211

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Old Brazos River on Union Pacific Railroad Company
Location
Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Had been built in Houma, Louisiana in 1982 and was relocated to Freeport in 2010/2011
Builder
- Modjeski & Masters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Modern Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+28.95503, -95.35412   (decimal degrees)
28°57'18" N, 95°21'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/270574/3205286 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Freeport
Inventory number
BH 60722 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Brazoria County, Texas (24)
Built 2011 (71)
Built during 2010s (439)
Freeport, Texas (5)
Have street view (27,131)
Modern (2,459)
Modern Warren through truss (21)
Modern through truss (65)
Modern truss (166)
Modjeski & Masters (25)
 Movable (3,004)
Navigable waterway (2,155)
Open (40,044)
Owned by railroad (12,594)
Railroad (15,664)
Relocated (923)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Texas (2,485)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,377)
Vertical lift (420)

Update Log 

  • January 9, 2021: New photos from C Hanchey
  • May 19, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • August 15, 2014: Updated by Luke: Edited info
  • April 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 19, 2014: Added by Patrick Feller

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