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Clear Creek One-Armed Bridge

Galveston County, Texas, and Harris County, Texas

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Clear Creek Bridge

Once Present

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

BH Photo #318255

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Warren pony truss bascule bridge over Clear Creek on TX 146
Location
Kemah, Galveston County, Texas, and Harris County, Texas
Status
Replaced
History
Built 1929; Replaced 1964
Design
Warren pony truss bascule
Also called
One-Arm Bridge
One-Armed Bridge
Clear Creek One-Arm Bridge
Clear Creek Drawbridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.54926, -95.02317   (decimal degrees)
29°32'57" N, 95°01'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/303973/3270548 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
League City
Inventory number
BH 61959 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,097)
Built 1929 (1,066)
Built during 1920s (10,287)
Clear Creek (Galveston Bay Tributary) (7)
Clear Lake Shores, Texas (4)
Galveston County, Texas (31)
Harris County, Texas (133)
Kemah, Texas (4)
Lost (29,311)
Lost 1964 (98)
Lost during 1960s (1,004)
 Movable (3,139)
Navigable waterway (2,214)
Owned by state (16,595)
Pony truss (17,101)
Replaced by new bridge (19,908)
Seabrook, Texas (5)
Texas (2,989)
Truss (36,146)
Warren pony truss (3,585)
Warren truss (7,059)

Update Log 

  • February 29, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • March 16, 2015: Updated by Luke: Corrected GPS and added info.
  • March 16, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 25, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

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