UP - Rio Grande Bridge (N)

Photos 

Overall View of Bridge, Looking North

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #139641

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over the Rio Grande on Railroad (UP, nee SP & EPSW)

Location

El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, and Dona Ana County, New Mexico

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1917

Railroads

- El Paso & Southwestern Railroad (EP&SW)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Pratt deck truss with deck plate girder approaches

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 117.1 ft.
Total length: 1,152.0 ft.

Also called

SP Rio Grande Bridge (N)
EPSW Rio Grande Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+31.78868, -106.52690   (decimal degrees)
31°47'19" N, 106°31'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

13/355438/3518027 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Smeltertown

Inventory numbers

TXNBI 240720000104015 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 32972 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 19, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• September 20, 2020: New photo from Glenn Celerier
• October 28, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• September 19, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• April 1, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: updated design, dimensions, added street view
• May 2, 2009: Updated by Rick Mattioni: Bridge information updated.

Sources 

• Rick Mattioni
• HAER TX-78 - El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southwestern Railroad, El Paso, El Paso County, TX
• Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Luke
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Glenn Celerier - celerier [dot] bridgehunter [at] gmail [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs

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