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FM 428 Bridge

Denton County, Texas

Photos 

Western approach

Photo taken by Jimwestie

BH Photo #209264

Map 

Street View 

Documents 

March 16th 1925 Excerpt of Texas Highways

PDF (61 KB)

Posted by Jesse Sharkoman

https://publicdocs.txdot.gov/minord/MinuteOrderDocLib/003676...

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Elm Fork of the Trinity River on Greenbelt Trail (Former FM 428)
Location
Denton County, Texas
Status
Open to pedestrians
Future prospects
Restored for use as greenbelt pedestrian bridge.
History
Built 1922, bypassed 1992
Builder
- Denton Construction Co.
Design
Main span is a Pratt Through Truss 100ft long. East & West approach spans are Heavy-Duty Warren Pony Truss w/Verticals, each are 70ft long. Bridge has been by-passed and restored as a pedestrian bridge.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 247.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Also called
FM 428 Through Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.30693, -97.04229   (decimal degrees)
33°18'25" N, 97°02'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/682259/3687024 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Green Valley
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 180610008105023 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 49377 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

10-panel truss (226)
6-panel truss (786)
Built 1922 (743)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Denton Construction Co. (1)
Denton County, Texas (51)
Functionally obsolete (5,825)
Have street view (28,903)
Open to pedestrians (4,582)
Owned by state (16,554)
Painted red (70)
Pony truss (17,011)
 Pratt through truss (6,057)
Pratt truss (10,299)
Preserved (1,229)
Riveted (2,510)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Texas (2,903)
Through truss (16,782)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,476)
Trinity River (Texas) (66)
Truss (35,458)
Warren pony truss (3,558)
Warren truss (7,002)

Update Log 

  • May 14, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added categories "6-panel truss", "10-panel truss", "Riveted", "Painted red"
  • May 13, 2022: Document added by Bambi Sharkoman
  • February 17, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
  • August 18, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: 1992 NBI incorporated
  • August 17, 2013: New photos from Jerrell Parker
  • August 19, 2011: Added by aaron leibold

Sources 

  • aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jerrell Parker - jerrell [dot] parker [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Jesse Sharkoman Berube - jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com
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FM 428 Bridge
Posted May 13, 2022, by Jesse Sharkoman (jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This Bridge turns 100! The Bridge barely predates SH10 which was designated in the area 3 years later. In 1923 SH10 was extended through Fort Worth to Denton, replacing SH 40A. On March 16, 1925, SH 10 was extended north through Pilot Point to Tioga.

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