Southern Pacific RR Fannin Street Overpass -- Columbus, TX USA
N 29° 42.460 W 096° 32.813
14R E 737325 N 3288912
The Southern Pacific Railroad steel stringer bridge over the Fannin Street/TX SH41 underpass in downtown Columbus, Texas
Waymark Code: WM163ZB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2022
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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.
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"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)"