Status: Destroyed by storm
Location: 28.657509,-96.585606
Carries State Highway 35 over Lavaca Bay
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber pilings with concrete roadway slab poured on top of trestle bents; drawbridge over ship channel
Total Length: 10000.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Timber stringer bridge over Lavaca Bay on State Highway 35
History: Initially built in 1931, the bridge was damaged in 1942 and 1945 by hurricanes, repaired, but effectively destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Built: 1931
Location: Calhoun County
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Lavaca Bay Causeway approaching drawbridge
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Lavaca Bay Causeway approach date unknown
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Lavaca Bay Causeway, circa late 1930's
Note the people stopped on bridge fishing.
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Lavaca Bay Causeway, 1945
Soldiers from nearby Camp Hulen participated in grand "reopening" of causeway after repairs from 1942 hurricane
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Lavaca Bay Causeway bascule drawbridge
Note windmill (used for power generation?)
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Lavaca Bay Causeway photo from postcard
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Lavaca Bay Causeway drawbridge opening
Note new structure being constructed in foreground of photo
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Lavaca Bay Causeway bascule drawbridge
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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.
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