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Briar Creek Bridge

Navarro County, Texas

Photos 

Briar Creek Bridge near FM 3383

Photo taken by Mark Wiley January 19, 2011

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BH Photo #192530

Map 

Description 

Bridge and single lane slab it carries were bypassed in the 1950's by FM 3383.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned and bypassed pony truss bridge over Briar Creek .
Location
Navarro County, Texas
Status
Abandoned
Design
Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.14379, -96.52792   (decimal degrees)
32°08'38" N, 96°31'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/733167/3559051 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Emhouse
Inventory number
BH 47763 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,926)
Navarro County, Texas (27)
Owned privately (1,927)
Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (211)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,140)
Pony truss (17,004)
Texas (2,898)
Truss (35,374)
Warren truss (6,996)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Updated to Poly Warren Alt Verts
  • January 19, 2011: Updated by Scott Wiley: Fixed typo in overview.

Sources 

  • Scott Wiley - fifty [dot] fathoms [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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