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KCS - White Rock Creek Bridge

Dallas County, Texas

Photos 

Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #252082

Map 

Description 

Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.

Facts 

Overview
Pratt Through Truss bridge over White Rock Creek on Kansas City Southern Railway
Location
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1904
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 124.0 ft.
Total length: 700.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.80427, -96.72584   (decimal degrees)
32°48'15" N, 96°43'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/712933/3631878 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
White Rock Lake
Inventory number
BH 55969 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (656)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (454)
Beam (16,016)
Built 1904 (572)
Built during 1900s (7,379)
Dallas County, Texas (112)
Dallas, Texas (68)
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (26)
Kansas City Southern Railway (226)
Lally columns (316)
Open (40,080)
 Owned by railroad (12,725)
Pin-connected (3,978)
Pratt through truss (5,513)
Pratt truss (9,476)
Railroad (15,852)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,432)
Texas (2,488)
Through truss (15,415)
Timber stringer (4,095)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,900)
Truss (33,355)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
  • April 4, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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KCS - White Rock Creek Bridge
Posted July 14, 2021, by Brett William Lovell (Brett [dot] w [dot] lovell [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is currently being sold for $1.