Brushy Creek Bridge - 1911 - Cameron, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 30° 50.483 W 096° 59.033
14R E 692807 N 3413762
This Brushy Creek Pratt Thru Truss Bridge was moved across Milam County on back roads to Wilson-Ledbetter Park and was put across the lake there in 1999. It is a pedestrian only bridge now.
Waymark Code: WMYC0J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Original location was over Brushy Creek on CR 398. Built in 1911.

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The Brushy Creek Bridge is a surviving example of a standard highway bridge used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is a late example of pin-connected construction and is one of five remaining bridges employing a pin-connected Pratt through truss in Milam County.

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 1911

Date stone, plaque location.: On the south end of the bridge, right hand side

Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: Lake in Wilson-Ledbetter Park

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Parking (safe parking location): N 30° 50.512 W 096° 59.033
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