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UP - Business US 271 Overpass

Titus County, Texas

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South End

Photo taken by David Backlin in May 2008

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BH Photo #133554

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Bus US 271on St L And Sw Rr in Mt Pleasant
Location
Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas
Status
Open to 2 lanes northbound traffic below and railroad above
History
Built 1931 by Virginia Bridge & Iron Company
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Blacklands Railroad (BLR)
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 78.1 ft.
Total length: 80.1 ft.
Also called
BLR - Business US 271 Overpass
Cotton Belt - Business US 271 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.15346, -94.96851   (decimal degrees)
33°09'12" N, 94°58'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/316413/3670025 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Pleasant
Inventory numbers
TXNBI 192250022109045 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 36659 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,937)
Blacklands Railroad (3)
Built 1934 (799)
Built during 1930s (11,803)
Have street view (27,135)
Mt. Pleasant, Texas (2)
Open (40,023)
Railroad (15,696)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,465)
 St. Louis Southwestern Railway (62)
Steel stringer (6,336)
Texas (2,485)
Titus County, Texas (11)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,605)
US 271 (17)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,377)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (197)
Virginia Bridge Co. (53)

Update Log 

  • May 31, 2016: New Street View added by David Backlin
  • February 16, 2009: New photos from David Backlin
  • May 29, 2008: Added by David Backlin

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