Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 28.686667,-95.965278
Carries FM 2031 over Intracoastal Waterway
Design: other
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 230.0 Feet
Span Length: 123.0 Feet
Overview: Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FM 2031
History: Built 1969
Built: 1969
Location: Matagorda County
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Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Scheduled for replacement
Location: 28.770833,-95.616944
Carries FM 457 over Intracoastal Waterway
Design: other
Design Details: Pontoon swing
Total Length: 229.0 Feet
Span Length: 124.0 Feet
Overview: Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FM 457
History: Built 1969; rehabilitated 1982
Built: 1969
Location: Matagorda County
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281520
Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Swing lift bridge that raises like a drawbridge with a double section but looks like a vertical lift bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
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Looking northeast
The main span is a floating swing span. The ramp at the southeast end doubles as a lift span for small boats. The structures at each end lift, lower and adjust the ramps.
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Robert, one of the bridge tenders
On the second floor of the bridge house
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Looking South
The bridge house on the left
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Southeast end
The (main) floating swing span is on the left and the ramp portion is lifted for small boat passage
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Looking East
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Looking northeast
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Looking southwest
The cable used in swing the (main) floating portion of the bridge can be seen in the foreground.
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 28.903468,-96.026233
Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Colorado River
Design: truss/through/camelback
Design Details: Camelback through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Colorado River on Union Pacific Railroad
History: Built 1936 Replaced between the 2013 aerial imagery and the 2014 aerial imagery
Built: 1936
Location: Matagorda County
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235173
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 28.882549,-96.182652
Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Tres Palacios River
Design: girder/pony
Design Details: Pony/through girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through girder bridge over Tres Palacios River on Union Pacific Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Matagorda County
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306290
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 28.881858,-96.187142
Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Old State Highway 35/ County Road 442
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Old State Highway 35/ County Road 442 on Union Pacific Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Matagorda County
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306293
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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.
