HTR - Colorado River Bridge
Video
Rail Road bridge fire Colorado River in Lampasas County Texas Video posted by Alexander D. Mitchell IV |
Description
Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Colorado River on Heart of Texas Railroad
- Location
- Mills County, Texas, and San Saba County, Texas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1910, One approach added 1919; Trestle approach destroyed by fire May 2013 and rebuilt May 2014
- Builder
- - JCF Bridge & Concrete of Driftwood, Texas (2014 Trestle Rebuild)
- Railroads
- - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (GC&SF)
- Gulf, Colorado, & San Saba Railway (GCSR)
- Heart of Texas Railroad (HTR)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 1,050.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
- Also called
- ATSF - Colorado River Bridge
GCSR - Colorado River Bridge
GC&SF - Colorado River Bridge
Harmony Ridge Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.23536, -98.56296 (decimal degrees)
31°14'07" N, 98°33'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/541620/3455768 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 56320 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 6, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
- January 29, 2015: Updated by Luke: Edited entry to show that the bridge isn't lost.
- September 15, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Colorado River (Texas)", "Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway", "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway"
- May 26, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Heart of Texas Railroad", "Gulf Colorado & San Saba Railway", "Railroad"
- May 23, 2013: Updated by Craig Philpott: duplicate bridge listing
- May 22, 2013: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- May 22, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Gulf Colorado & San Saba Railway", "Colorado River (Texas)", "Railroad"
- May 22, 2013: Added by Craig Philpott
Sources
- Fire consumes Texas railroad bridge - News article and video
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Jason posted some more information:
http://thebridgehunter.areavoices.com/2014/01/17/san-saba-tr...
What bothers me as I write now in January 2014 is:
Why no follow up posts, not just here, but other news venues, as to (1) how the bridge caught fire and (2) does the railroad plan to rebuild or abandon this line?
From the KWTX news article, not shown in the clip above, the plate girder and truss spans apparently survived the fire. At least, this is not a navigable river; we do not expect the Coast Guard to demand the demolition of the (apparently) abandoned bridge spans over the river.
That video is hard to watch, cringe a bit every time. Not very many high wooden trestles - even as approach spans - left in these parts nowadays, and it's quite sad when one succumbs to fire.
Here is a newscast with a video of the collapse:
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/hill_country/engulfed-rai...
Regards,
Art S.
Wood railroad trestle destroyed by fire this week in Texas.
http://www.kwtx.com/news/local/headlines/Fire-Consumes-Centr...
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Good News
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