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Lancaster Avenue Bridge

Tarrant County, Texas

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #118887

Map 

Street View 

Documents 

Bridge NRHP Eligibility Report

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Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Newspaper Article

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Posted by Glenn Celerier

The Sunday May 2, 2021 Ft. Worth Star-Telegram published an article titled, "The story behind West Lancaster Bridge; WWII made it was it is today." The article appears on page 1C and continues on page 6C.

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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Newspaper Article

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Posted by Glenn Celerier

The continuation on page 6C of the Sunday May 2, 2021 Ft. Worth Star-Telegram article titled, "The story behind West Lancaster Bridge; WWII made it was it is today."

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Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Clear Fork Trinity River on W. Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth
Location
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1938-39; rehabilitated 1999
Builder
- Russ Mitchell, Inc. of Houston, Texas
Design
Deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 132.9 ft.
Total length: 2,976.2 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.74690, -97.34903   (decimal degrees)
32°44'49" N, 97°20'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/654674/3624434 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fort Worth
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
11,518
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 022200ZL1380001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33381 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.8 (out of 100)
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Bridgemapper.com (1,325)
Built 1939 (790)
Built during 1930s (11,986)
Deck truss (1,879)
Fort Worth, Texas (52)
HAER documented (1,112)
Have street view (27,992)
NR-eligible (4,070)
 Open (40,430)
Russ Mitchell, Inc. (6)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,343)
Tarrant County, Texas (77)
Texas (2,509)
Total length over 2500 feet (942)
Truss (34,672)

Update Log 

  • May 7, 2021: Document added by Glenn Celerier
  • October 21, 2020: Document added by Glenn Celerier
  • October 14, 2020: New photo from Glenn Celerier

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