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Jim Ned Creek Bridge

Coleman County, Texas

Photos 

Photo taken by Linda Thaxton in July 2011

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BH Photo #204178

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Jim Ned Creek on CR 140
Location
Coleman County, Texas
Status
No longer open to traffic. Bypassed by new bridge.
History
Built 1936
Design
80 ft span 5-panel half-hip Pratt pony truss
100 ft span Warren w/alt. verticals pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 101.1 ft.
Total length: 180.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.87889, -99.27806   (decimal degrees)
31°52'44" N, 99°16'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/473701/3527045 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Coleman NE
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
50
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 230420AA0444001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32839 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 98 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1936 (1,159)
Built during 1930s (11,767)
Closed (2,663)
Coleman County, Texas (33)
Corrugated deck (488)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (504)
Multiple Kingpost truss (147)
NR-eligible (4,056)
One-lane traffic (7,612)
Owned by county (20,841)
 Pony truss (16,235)
Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,341)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,408)
Texas (2,474)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,285)
Truss (32,933)
Warren pony truss (3,370)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (682)
Warren truss (6,579)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2012: Updated by aaron leibold: Span length details added
  • July 15, 2011: Updated by Linda Thaxton: Replaced by new bridge.

Sources 

  • Linda Thaxton
  • aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Jim Ned Creek Bridge
Posted February 22, 2019, by M C Toyer (mctoyer [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is a railroad bridge. Same photo, many others, and lots of details here:

http://tinyurl.com/y5cb2u5w

Jim Ned Creek Bridge
Posted February 21, 2019, by dan whatley (opalguy1956 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hi, have this postcard that reportedly is building the Jim Ned bridge. Could you help me on this to authenticate this is the 1st Jim Ned bridge. Many Thanks...dan whatley