Southern Pacific RR Fannin Street Overpass -- Columbus, TX USA - Railroad Bridges on Waymarking.com

This handsome 1930s-era railroad overpass over the Fannin Street/SH71 underpass near downtown Columbus, Texas still bears the name of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which built it. Southern Pacific is now long subsumed into the Union Pacific.

From Bridgehunter.com: (visit link)

"UP - Fannin St Overpass
Colorado County, Texas

Facts
Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Fannin St/Business 71 on Union Pacific RR

Location
Columbus, Colorado County, Texas

Status
Open

History
Built 1934

Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design
Steel stringer

Dimensions
Span length: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.

Also called
UP RR over Business 71

Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.70767, -96.54688 (decimal degrees)
29°42'28" N, 96°32'49" W (degrees° minutes' seconds")


Inventory numbers
TXNBI 130450026608023 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 61234 (Bridgehunter.com ID)"

Bridge Type: Other Bridge Usage: Railroad Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)

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