Barton Creek Bridge
Bridge in Texas, United States
32°30′22″N 98°21′01″W / 32.50607°N 98.3504°W / 32.50607; -98.3504
Barton Creek Bridge is an early example of a cable stayed bridge; it spans Barton Creek in Huckabay, Texas. Built 1890 by Runyon Bridge Company, it was bypassed and abandoned in the 1930s and now lies in ruins.[1] The bridge was brought to the attention of the Historic American Engineering Record in 2000, when it was found to bear a striking resemblance to the Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge, which had at the time, been considered the only example of a Runyon patent cable-stayed bridge.[2][3] It has a total length of 120 ft (37 m), with the main span being 100 ft (30 m).
See also
References
- ^ "Bridgehunter.com - Barton Creek Bridge". Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ Brown, Mark M. (August 2000). "Barton Creek Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Texas Historic Bridges Recording Project II". Retrieved October 30, 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barton Creek Bridge.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. TX-87, "Barton Creek Bridge, Spanning Barton Creek, Huckabay, Erath County, TX", 7 photos, 3 measured drawings, 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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