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UP - Brazos River Bridge (Waco)

McLennan County, Texas

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UP - Brazos River Bridge

Looking East

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in January 2015

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BH Photo #320363

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Three Pratt 6-panel pin-connected Through trusses with pony plate girder approach and steel stringer approach

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Brazos River on Railroad
Location
Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.55923, -97.12330   (decimal degrees)
31°33'33" N, 97°07'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/678121/3493108 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waco East
Inventory number
BH 55573 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,623)
Brazos River (37)
Girder (10,191)
Have street view (26,819)
McLennan County, Texas (29)
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (181)
Open (39,798)
Owned by railroad (12,366)
Pin-connected (3,891)
Plate girder (7,893)
Pratt through truss (5,370)
 Pratt truss (9,268)
Railroad (15,356)
Riveted (2,159)
Steel stringer (6,184)
Texas (2,464)
Through girder (3,792)
Through truss (15,013)
Truss (32,702)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,358)
Waco, Texas (17)

Update Log 

  • September 17, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Riveted"
  • April 1, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • February 16, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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