Status: Closed
Location: 29.054333,-95.557139
Carries SH 332/FM 521 over Brazos River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: Parker through truss
Total Length: 1124.1 Feet
Span Length: 222.1 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Brazos River on former SH 332 in Brazoria
History: Built 1939; bypassed by new bridge in 2010
Built: 1939
Location: Brazoria County
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235179
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
488388
Old Brazoria Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
488389
Old Brazoria Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.053756,-95.556367
Carries Union Pacific Railroad (formerly St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway) over Brazos River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Swing through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Swing through truss bridge over Brazos River on the Union Pacific Railroad at Brazoria
History: Built ca. 1907
Built: ca. 1907
Location: Brazoria County
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235178
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
235180
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
261681
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
338022
UP - Brazos River Bridge
View of detail
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
488390
StLB&M Braxos River Swing Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 29.423461,-95.240290
Carries the Tom Blakeny Hike and Bike Trail over Mustang Bayou
Design: truss/pony/polygonal
Design Details: Polygonal Warren pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 116.0 Feet
Overview: Polygonal Warren pony truss bridge over Mustang Bayou on the Tom Blakeny Hike and Bike Trail
History: Built 1932 on Jendrusch Road in Karnes County. Relocated here in 2003 to this location.
Built: 1932
Location: Brazoria County
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220362
Overview
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/2965731931/in/photostream
Noel C. Hankamer
248265
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
248266
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.478021,-95.358427
Carries the entrance driveway to Gate's Gardens over a pond
Design: truss/pony/polygonal
Design Details: Polygonal Warren pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Polygonal Warren pony truss bridge over a pond on the entrance driveway to Gate's Gardens
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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220363
Overview
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/2965735799/in/photostream/
Noel C. Hankamer
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.041778,-95.621499
Carries Railroad over San Bernard River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 614.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over San Bernard River on Railroad
History: Replaced 2018
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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235249
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
264689
Union Pacific railroad bridge
Texas
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
282961
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282962
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282963
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282964
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 28.955032,-95.354122
Carries Union Pacific Railroad Company over Old Brazos River
Design: truss/modern/through/warren
Design Details: Modern Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Old Brazos River on Union Pacific Railroad Company
History: Had been built in Houma, Louisiana in 1982 and was relocated to Freeport in 2010/2011
Built: 2011
Location: Brazoria County
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282211
Lift Truss Railroad Bridge over Old Brazos River, Freeport, Texas
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282212
Lift Truss Railroad Bridge over Old Brazos River, Freeport, Texas
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282499
UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge
Railroad lift bridge relocated to Freeport TX
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in October 2013
488391
UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
488392
UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
488393
UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
488394
UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in December 2019
Status: Replaced by a lift span from Houma, Louisiana
Location: 28.955041,-95.354055
Carries Union Pacific Railroad Company over Old Brazos River
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Old Brazos River on Union Pacific Railroad Company
History: Built 1914; Replaced 2011
Built: 1914
Location: Brazoria County
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282209
Lost Swing Railroad Bridge over Old Brazos River
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282210
Lost Swing Railroad Bridge over Old Brazos River
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282508
UP - Old Brazos River Railroad Swing Bridge (Old)
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
334656
Afsdfas
Photo taken by Luke
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 28.953333,-95.353611
Carries Uprr over W First Street
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 55.1 Feet
Span Length: 14.1 Feet
Overview: Timber stringer bridge over W First Street on Uprr
History: Built 1947
Built: 1947
Location: Brazoria County
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282213
UPRR Bridge Approach over First Street
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 28.952500,-95.354167
Carries Uprr over W Second Street
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 100.1 Feet
Span Length: 44.9 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over W Second Street on Uprr
History: Built 1947
Built: 1947
Location: Brazoria County
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282214
Bridge Approach over Second Street
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: No longer exists
Location: 29.140252,-95.614856
Carries Old TX 35 over Brazos River
Design: truss/through/polygonal
Design Details: Polygonal Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Warren Swing through truss over Brazos River on Old TX 35.
History: Built 1919; Replaced 1958
Built: 1919
Location: Brazoria County
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282215
Piers of lost swing bridge
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282216
Piers of lost swing bridge
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
338020
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
338021
TX35 Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
487122
Courtesy of the Brazosport Facts
Status: No longer exists
Location: 29.057125,-95.559706
Carries China Street over Brazos River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Truss bridge over Brazos River on China Street
History: Built 1912, Collapsed 1935
Built: 1912
Location: Brazoria County
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282222
Center Pier, Lost China Street Bridge
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282224
Center Pier, Lost China Street Bridge
From old FM 521 bridge
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
338166
second bridge be for it's remval
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
338171
First Bridge collapsed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
338189
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
338190
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
338191
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
338279
China Street Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2015
339284
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.304862,-95.270281
Carries Union Pacific Railroad Co., Angleton Subdivision over Chocolate Bayou
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Chocolate Bayou on Union Pacific Railroad Co., Angleton Subdivision
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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282278
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282279
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282280
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282502
UP - Chocolate Bayou Bridge
Liverpool TX
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
282574
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282575
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
282576
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 29.078039,-95.303382
Carries Missouri Pacific RR over Unnamed Canal
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Unnamed Canal on Missouri Pacific RR
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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306283
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
306284
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 29.052131,-95.334999
Carries Missouri Pacific Railroad over Salt Bayou
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned bridge over Salt Bayou on Missouri Pacific Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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306285
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
306286
306287
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
306288
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
306289
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Collapsed
Location: 29.042013,-95.621298
Carries Union Pacific RR over San Bernard River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over San Bernard River on Union Pacific RR
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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309792
UP - San Bernard River bridge (Old)
Bridge collapsed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
Status: Open
Location: 28.990769,-95.369929
Carries Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Freeport Subdivision over Dow Barge Canal
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Warren pony truss over Dow Barge Canal on Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Freeport Subdivision
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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309986
Looking East
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 28.990713,-95.369881
Carries Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Freeport Subdivision over Dow Barge Canal
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Dow Barge Canal on Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Freeport Subdivision
History:
Built:
Location: Brazoria County
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309987
Fixed bridge that replaced the drawbridge at this location
Photo taken by Patrick Feller in December 2014
Status: Open
Location: 29.051206,-95.557932
Carries Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Angleton Subdivision over River Road / County Road 400
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 2000.1 Feet
Span Length: 38.1 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over River Road / 400 on Union-Pacific Railroad Co., Angleton Subdivision
History:
Built: 1954
Location: Brazoria County
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310000
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.302057,-95.266498
Carries State Route 171 over Chocolate Bayou
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Chocolate Bayou on State Route 171
History: Built 1892
Built: 1892
Location: Brazoria County
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334559
Chocolate Bayou Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
335081
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
Status: Replaced on a new alignment
Location: 28.958726,-95.376872
Carries TX 36 over Brazos River Diversion Channel
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Brazos River Diversion Channel on TX 36
History: Built 1929; Replaced 1983 on a new alignment
Built: 1929
Location: Brazoria County
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388511
TX36 Brazos River Bridge
Open
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2015
388510
TX36 Brazos River Bridge
Closed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
334561
Brazo's River Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
335082
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
338165
TX Brazos River Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
338331
During construction in 1928
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
338332
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
469429
TX36 Brazos River Bridge
1929 construction view
Photo from Pinterest
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 29.114471,-95.371594
Carries FM 2004 over Bastrop Bayou
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss swing bridge over Bastrop Bayou
History: Built 1893
Built: 1893
Location: Brazoria County
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338915
Photo provied by the Brazoria County Historical Museum
339277
Bastrop Bayou Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in October 2015
Status: No longer exists
Location: 29.643768,-95.744001
Carries over San Bernard River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge over San Bernard River
History: Built 1912
Built: 1912
Location: Brazoria County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 29.041893,-95.621057
Carries Union Pacific over San Bernard River
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder vertical lift
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over San Bernard River on Union Pacific
History: Built 2018
Built: 2018
Location: Brazoria County
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433150
Photo provided by the United States Coast Guard
433151
Photo provided by the United States Coast Guard
433152
Photo provided by the United States Coast Guard
434507
Closed for rail traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2018
457181
UP - Bernard River Bridge (New)
Photo taken by Safford Bandlow Engineering
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
