TX-29 Colorado River Bridge - Burnet County, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 30° 44.835 W 098° 24.030
14R E 557383 N 3401745
Bridge closed to traffic. Chainlink fenced to prevent diving and fishing from it.
Waymark Code: WM10QEJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2019
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"Through truss bridge over Colorado River on TX-29 below Buchanan Dam. Built 1937 by the Austin Bridge Company. It consists of four riveted, 8-panel Parker through trusses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996."

The bridge replaced the old Bluffton bridge that was inundated when they completed Lake Buchanan.

Date Built: 01/01/1937

Length of Span:
Total length: 1,379 ft Length of largest span: 200.1 ft

www:
https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/NR/pdfs/96001116/96001116.pdf

Parking Coordinates:: Not Listed
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