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MKT - Waxahachie Creek Bridge

Ellis County, Texas

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Photo taken by Nicolas Henderson

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #309162

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Overview
Abandoned polygonal Warren pony truss bridge over Waxahachie Creek on Abandoned PathMissouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Location
Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1926
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
Design
Polygonal Warren pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.38098, -96.84804   (decimal degrees)
32°22'52" N, 96°50'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/702439/3584701 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waxahachie
Inventory number
BH 64273 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,927)
American Bridge Co. (1,660)
Beam (16,885)
Built 1926 (804)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Ellis County, Texas (81)
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (212)
Polygonal Warren pony truss (387)
 Polygonal Warren truss (1,140)
Pony truss (17,012)
Railroad (16,459)
Texas (2,903)
Timber stringer (4,320)
Truss (35,469)
Warren truss (7,002)
Waxahachie, Texas (10)

Update Log 

  • February 8, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
  • February 3, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

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