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UP - Sycamore Creek Bridge (W)

Val Verde County, Texas, and Kinney County, Texas

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UP-Sycamore Creek Bridge (w)

Looking South

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in September 2014

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BH Photo #295499

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Street View 

Description 

Four span Warren through truss railroad bridge

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Sycamore Creek on Railroad
Location
Val Verde County, Texas, and Kinney County, Texas
Status
Open
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (GHSA)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Four span Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 153.0 ft.
Total length: 578.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.38718, -100.70739   (decimal degrees)
29°23'14" N, 100°42'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/334311/3252094 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mud Creek North
Inventory number
BH 57558 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (626)
Built during 1900s (7,688)
Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Railway (23)
Have street view (29,309)
Kinney County, Texas (7)
Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,597)
Pin-connected (4,912)
Railroad (16,555)
Riveted (2,578)
Southern Pacific Railroad (702)
 Span length 125-175 feet (4,464)
Texas (2,989)
Through truss (17,339)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,101)
Truss (36,113)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,481)
Val Verde County, Texas (26)
Warren through truss (1,714)
Warren through truss with all verticals (447)
Warren truss (7,058)

Update Log 

  • February 12, 2021: New photos from C Hanchey
  • August 12, 2013: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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