Newcastle Bridge

Photos 

Newcastle bridge

Photo taken by M. Bilodeau

BH Photo #210265

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Parker through truss bridge over Brazos River on Old Hwy 380

Location

Young County, Texas

Status

Bypassed and closed to traffic in 1988

Builder

- Buckner Bros. of Cleburne, Texas

Design

Parker Through Truss Design with 5 sections of 170 ft each.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 170.0 ft.
Total length: 850.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 2018

Also called

Old Hwy 380 Bridge
State Highway 120 Bridge at the Brazos River

Approximate latitude, longitude

+33.17496, -98.75632   (decimal degrees)
33°10'30" N, 98°45'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/522718/3670710 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Proffitt

Inventory numbers

NRHP 100002132 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 49387 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 9, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder from plaque: Bridge will appear in Netflix movie “The Highwaymen”
• March 9, 2018: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Alternate Name", "Date of NRHP Listing" & "NRHP Record Number" and Updated "NRHP Status"
• April 12, 2014: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed wayward cpprdinates
• September 25, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status as bridge is not lost... just bypassed
• September 25, 2011: Updated by Linda Thaxton: Added date built and replaced.
• August 22, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
• August 22, 2011: Added by aaron leibold

Sources 

• aaron leibold - aaron [dot] mightypenguin [at] gmail [dot] com
• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Linda Thaxton
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
• NRHP Weekly Listings - 3/2/2018
• Luke
• Netflix movie on Bonnie and Clyde features old Texas bridge | Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Article

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