Berlin Iron Bridge, San Antonio, TX
N 29° 27.791 W 098° 28.161
14R E 551453 N 3259421
This is a sturdy truss bridge built about 1890.
Waymark Code: WMNCKB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2015
Views: 9
This truss bridge is located in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas. It can be crossed via automobile, or pedestrians can use the path at the side of the bridge.
The bridge is painted in attractive black with gold trim. There are plaques on the bridge:
"1890
Built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co
East Berlin Conn
Douglas & Jarvis Pat Apl 16,1878 & Apl 7,1985
Bryan Callagham,Mayor
Paul Pretzer, City Engineer"
"National Youth Administration 1937-1938"
(presumed to be when bridge was updated/restored)
The Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut constructed approximately 550 bridges between 1880 and 1900, and only about 50 of them remain. The bridges were described as catalog bridges (the components were mass produced in the factory to fulfil orders, and delivered to the buyer and assembled on site).
Date Built: 01/01/1890
Length of Span:
90 feet
www:
http://bridgehunter.com/category/city/san-antonio-texas/
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/adaptive_bridge_use/Literature/berlin_Bridges-Lutenegger.pdf
Parking Coordinates:: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
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