Belz Road Bridge (1903)

Photos 

Historic Beltz Bridge

County photos show the original Plain Warren Truss

Photo from Denton County archives

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BH Photo #239409

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Pony truss bridge over Duck Creek on Belz Road in Sanger

Location

Sanger, Denton County, Texas

Status

Relocated to Greenway Park in The Colony, Texas in 2008

History

Built 1903; Rehabilitated 1980; replaced and relocated 2008

Design

Warren pony truss with alternating verticals.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 61.0 ft.
Total length: 87.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+33.37963, -97.20517   (decimal degrees)
33°22'47" N, 97°12'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/666954/3694812 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Valley View

Inventory numbers

TXNBI 180610AA0172001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32941 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• May 18, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: Reconstruction of page to match current BridgeHunter practice.
• February 17, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
• February 16, 2022: New photo from Bambi Sharkoman
• July 20, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Noted relocation per forum comment
• April 24, 2014: Updated by Brad Smith: Bridge has been replaces (with a pony Truss Bridge...)
• April 21, 2014: New photo from Jerrell Parker
• February 23, 2014: New photo from Jerrell Parker
• September 15, 2012: Updated by aaron leibold: Denton County historic photos show twin plain Warren spans. Current photos show a single Polygonal Warren span. Appears the truss spans were updated during renovation

Related Bridges 

• Belz Road Bridge (2009) (Successor)
• Greenway Park Bridge (Parts reused in)

Sources 

• aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
• Jerrell Parker - jerrell [dot] parker [at] gmail [dot] com
• Brad Smith - gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Luke
• Jesse Sharkoman Berube - jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Nathan Holth

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