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BNSF - Trinity River Swing Bridge

Liberty County, Texas

Photos 

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Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #282000

Map 

Description 

Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.

Facts 

Overview
Pratt Through Truss and Deck girder swing bridge over Trinity River on BNSF Railway
Location
Romayor, Liberty County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 204.0 ft.
Total length: 1,815.0 ft.
Also called
BNSF Railroad Swing Bridge over the Trinity
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.44980, -94.84836   (decimal degrees)
30°26'59" N, 94°50'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/322523/3370079 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Romayor
Inventory number
BH 60694 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

9-panel truss (323)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (484)
BNSF Railway (1,618)
Built 1903 (654)
Built during 1900s (7,936)
Deck girder (6,598)
Girder (11,640)
Liberty County, Texas (7)
Movable (3,189)
Open (41,425)
Owned by railroad (14,123)
Pin-connected (5,423)
 Plate girder (9,151)
Pratt through truss (6,413)
Pratt truss (10,843)
Railroad (16,990)
Romayor, Texas (1)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,123)
Swing (1,619)
Texas (3,108)
Through truss (19,026)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,049)
Trinity River (Texas) (66)
Truss (38,307)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
  • April 18, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 17, 2014: Added by Patrick Feller

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