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Bankhead Highway - West Fork Trinity River

Parker County, Texas

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Bankhead Highway - West Fork Trinity River

Bankhead Highway - West Fork Trinity River

Photo taken by Rene Gomez in February 2022

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BH Photo #520683

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Overview
Abandoned Warren pony truss bridge over West Fork Trinity River on Bankhead Highway
Location
Parker County, Texas
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Design
Warren pony truss with all verticals
Also called
Broadway of America
Dixie Overland Highway
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.73776, -97.65162   (decimal degrees)
32°44'16" N, 97°39'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/626336/3623019 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 96342 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,957)
Bankhead Highway (40)
Dixie Overland Highway (16)
Parker County, Texas (34)
Pony truss (17,222)
Texas (3,077)
Truss (36,738)
Warren pony truss (3,595)
Warren pony truss with all verticals (493)
Warren truss (7,090)

Update Log 

  • February 24, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
  • February 18, 2022: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • February 18, 2022: New photo from Rene Gomez
  • February 3, 2022: Added by Bambi Sharkoman

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Bankhead Highway - West Fork Trinity River
Posted February 21, 2022, by Bambi Sharkoman (jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Nice Rene! I just checked it out today. did you see the abutments on the north end from the original bridge? my guess is that the truss came from the original bridge and was relocated to this replacement bridge