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Wilson County Camelback Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Old County Route 117, Calaveras, Wilson County, TX

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Wilson County Camelback Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Old County Route 117, Calaveras, Wilson County, TX

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Significance: This 487'-0"-long bridge included a 180'-0" camelback through truss with subdivided panels and a Warren pony truss with a polygonal top chord. The subdivided-panel camelback is one of only two of its type remaining in Texas. The bridge was built originally to carry horse and buggy traffic over the San Antonio River on a local route linking the rural towns of Fairview, Cano Verde, and Calaveras. The construction of the bridge coincided with the arrival of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad to Calaveras around 1886. The bridge was used frequently to transport goods, particularly bricks, from the area's thriving brick manufacturing industries to the Calaveras station. Transportation officials closed the bridge to traffic because of structural damage.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N569
Survey number: HAER TX-68

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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