Sandy Creek Bridge - Callisburg, TX
N 33° 41.621 W 097° 00.392
14S E 684765 N 3729977
A pin-connected, five panel Pratt through truss bridge, Sandy Creek Bridge is enjoying its retirement on a walking trail in Parkhill Park after many years of carrying vehicular traffic over Sandy Creek in northeastern Cooke County.
Waymark Code: WMR6B2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2016
Views: 1
There is plenty of parking at the front of the park, and a bit of the bridge and its accompanying sign are visible from the parking lot. The sign provides some background:
This pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge was built in 1893. The Chicago Bridge & Iron Company won the bid to construct the bridge on the Whitesboro-Dexter Road over Sandy Creek in northeastern Cooke County. The bridge opened access between the Cooke County communities of Dexter and Sturgeon to the Grayson County town of Whitesboro, a transshipment point on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad.
In 2004 the bridge was relocated to Parkhill Park to allow for the construction of a new bridge on CR 489 at Sandy Creek. Though this bridge can no longer support the weight of modern vehicles, it remains in public service as a pedestrian bridge. The reuse of this historic bridge is a result of a partnership between the City of Callisburg, Cooke County and the Texas Department of Transportation, with the support of the Cooke County Historical Commission.
Project Year 2005
Original Use: Vehicle - Car / Truck
Date Built: 1893
Construction: Iron
Condition: Good
See this website for more information: [Web Link]
Date Abandoned: 2004
Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Adopted
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