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Abandoned UP - Brazos River Bridge (Simonton)

Fort Bend County, Texas, and Austin County, Texas

Photos 

BH Photo #210307

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Plans have been for the bridge to be incorporated in a hike and bike trail and a concrete bridge extends across the river, though no improvements have been made on the truss bridge's track bed.

Facts 

Overview
Camelback Through Truss bridge over Brazos River on railroad
Location
Simonton, Fort Bend County, Texas, and Austin County, Texas
Status
Abandoned
Future prospects
Plans have been for the bridge to be incorporated in a hike and bike trail and a concrete bridge extends across the river, though no improvements have been made on the truss bridge's track bed.
History
Built 1922; Second truss removed in 1981
Builders
- Elder Construction Co. of San Antonio, Texas (Substructure)
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia (Superstructure) [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&AP)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad (TNO; T&NO)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Single abandoned 260 ft Camelback Skewed Through Truss section.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 260.0 ft.
Total length: 1,200.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Also called
SP - Brazos River Bridge (Simonton)
TNO - Brazos River Bridge (Simonton)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.67154, -96.02084   (decimal degrees)
29°40'18" N, 96°01'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/788341/3286102 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wallis
Inventory number
BH 49394 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,529)
Austin County, Texas (22)
Beam (15,127)
Brazos River (37)
Built 1922 (682)
Built during 1920s (9,739)
Elder Construction Co. (2)
Fort Bend County, Texas (9)
Have street view (26,261)
Owned by railroad (11,981)
Polygonal Warren through truss (418)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,016)
Railroad (15,096)
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (5)
 Simonton, Texas (1)
Southern Pacific Railroad (608)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,173)
Steel stringer (5,933)
Texas (2,425)
Texas & New Orleans Railroad (36)
Through truss (14,691)
Timber stringer (3,889)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,836)
Truss (32,197)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,337)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (188)
Virginia Bridge Co. (51)
Warren truss (6,420)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2020: New photo from Luke
  • June 14, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added builders
  • January 9, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added build date
  • July 22, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • August 22, 2011: Added by aaron leibold

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