State Highway 203 (Old TX 52) Bridge at Salt Fork of the Red River - Collingsworth County, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 34° 53.251 W 100° 02.985
14S E 404075 N 3861071
The SH 52/SH 203 truss bridge over the Salt Fork of the Red River is located approximately ten miles east-NE of Wellington in Collingsworth County, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM11FP3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2019
Views: 5
NRHPnOMINATION FORM"The Texas State Highway 52 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River (currently serving SH 203) is a Parker through truss in the Texas Panhandle, in a rural area east of Wellington. Constructed in 1939, the 753’ long bridge is composed of four identical trusses with eight panels each. The deck is concrete with a width of 27 feet and a roadway width of 24 feet. The substructure consists of concrete piers and steel floor beams, bracing, and bottom chord. All elements and members of the bridge superstructure are comprised of steel. The trusses carry two lanes of traffic: one eastbound and the other westbound. The bridge retains a high degree of integrity.
The funds for the bridge were jointly allocated by the Texas Highway Department and the Federal Aid System, (as a U.S. Emergency Relief Project), each of which committed $80,000. When letting for the contract was concluded Purvis & Bertram Construction Co. of Ft. Worth, Texas were awarded the construction contract with the winning bid of $126,162.51. The economic hardships of the 1930s influenced many aspects of the bridge. The choice by THD to select the lowest possible bid was another example of attempts at cost savings for the project."