KCS - TX87 Overprass
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Texas State Highway 87 on Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
- Location
- Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1973
- Railroad
- - Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Design
- Pony plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 154.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.87568, -93.95040 (decimal degrees)
29°52'32" N, 93°57'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/408220/3305389 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Port Arthur North
- Inventory numbers
- TXNBI 201240030701015 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 60748 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 30, 2022: Updated by Dave King: Imported most recent NBI data
- April 22, 2014: Added by Patrick Feller
Sources
- Patrick Feller - nakrnsm [at] aol [dot] com
- Luke
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Te KCS bride over TX Hwy 87 in west Port Arthur was built in the late 1960s or early 1970s when Port Arthur did a massive overhaul of the "west side" of town and had to have an unrestricted access for Hwy 87 "across" the KCS tracks.
Sadly, despite several attempts by the City to get KCS to repaint the bridge, it has not been painted since it was first installed. It used to be nice silver color, now more rust than silver. But the bridge is in no danger of collapse since it is constructed of thick steel. It is used daily by KCS trains going to and from their large yard in Port Arthur.
Despite its appearance, that overpass is used several times per day by KCS. Its the major thoroughfare to the Port of Port Arthur. Thanks and have a great day!
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/tx/jefferson/bh60748/
i prefer when bridges are like this as opposed to being repainted. but paint helps preserve the bridge longer. in my opinion almost every metal bridge should be painted like this