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UP - Guadalupe River Swing Bridge

Victoria County, Texas

Photos 

photo

Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #281987

Map 

Description 

Built in 1906 by the Saint Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railroad

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Guadalupe River on Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Brownsville Subdivision
Location
Bloomington, Victoria County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Railroads
- St. Louis, Brownsville, & Mexico Railway (StLB&M, SLBM, SBM)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pony plate girder
Also called
Brownsville Bridge
Turning Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+28.60709, -96.94613   (decimal degrees)
28°36'26" N, 96°56'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/700821/3166179 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bloomington SW
Inventory number
BH 60692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bloomington, Texas (1)
Built 1906 (656)
Built during 1900s (7,688)
Girder (11,244)
Guadalupe River (17)
Movable (3,139)
Navigable waterway (2,214)
Open (41,019)
Owned by railroad (13,604)
 Plate girder (8,789)
Railroad (16,559)
St. Louis, Brownsville, & Mexico Railway (5)
Swing (1,578)
Texas (2,989)
Through girder (4,218)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,481)
Victoria County, Texas (8)

Update Log 

  • October 31, 2014: Updated by Patrick Feller: Added construction date and original railroad
  • April 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 17, 2014: Added by Patrick Feller

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