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Old Highway 80 Bridge
Photos
Old Highway 80 Hallsville TX (1)
A view looking east through the bridge towards the narrow and deteriorating paved section of old highway 80. Thats my Mini Cooper sitting down the road.
Photo taken by Hugh F Wolfe on February 25 2012
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BH Photo #249191
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned truss bridge over Wards Creek on Old US Route 80 (CR3810)
- Location
- Harrison County, Texas
- Status
- Abandoned
- Design
- Riveted Warren pony truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 54.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.50796, -94.55003 (decimal degrees)
32°30'29" N, 94°33'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/354397/3597800 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hallsville
- Elevation
- 300 ft. above sea level
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 191030AA0137001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 55574 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 24, 2013: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
- February 17, 2013: Updated by Hugh F Wolfe: Set the GPS location by using Google Maps (placed indicator at junction of Wards Creek and Old Hwy 80), merged NBI data.
- February 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Moved coordinates slightly to the left.
- February 16, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type and adjusted coordinates
- February 16, 2013: Added by Hugh F Wolfe
Confirmed bridge is still there. It is now a recognized archaeological site of Harrison County, TX. Pics taken 12/26/2019