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General Information

Beginning of works: 15 February 1937
Completion: 11 February 1938
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Through truss bridge
Material: Steel bridge
Support conditions:
Structure: Parker type truss bridge
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Function / usage: original use:
Road bridge
current use:
Bicycle and pedestrian bridge

Awards and Distinctions

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Colorado River (Texas)
Coordinates: 30° 14' 43.96" N    97° 41' 28.84" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 61 m
width 7.3 m
total length 372 m

Cost

cost of construction United States dollar 232 000

Materials

piers reinforced concrete
truss steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Montopolis Bridge is a historic Parker through truss bridge in Austin, Texas. It is located in the Montopolis neighborhood where a bicycle and pedestrian walkway crosses the Colorado River in southeastern Travis County. The bridge consists of five 200-foot Parker through truss spans and four 52-foot steel I-beam approach spans resting on reinforced concrete abutments. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1996.

History

On June 15, 1935, the city of Austin suffered a devastating flood along the Colorado River. The original Montopolis bridge, built by Travis County in the late 1880s, was one of five bridges washed away by the flood. The Texas Highway Department designed the current bridge and requested federal emergency relief funds from the Bureau of Public Roads to rebuild it. Work on the bridge began on February 15, 1937. The bridge was completed on February 11, 1938, by Vincennes Steel Corporation under contract to the Highway Department at a cost of nearly $232,000 (equivalent to $4,270,000 in 2020).

The Montopolis Bridge remained in use until 2018 and, as one of the principal routes to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport from Downtown Austin, was fairly busy. The southbound frontage of U.S. 183, Airport Boulevard and East 7th Street all merge at the north side of the bridge. In 2006, 29,200 vehicles crossed on average each day. The bridge was decommissioned for vehicular traffic on October 8, 2018, and was subsequently converted to a bicycle and pedestrian bridge as part of the Bergstrom Expressway Project.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Montopolis Bridge" and modified on January 28, 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
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  • Published on:
    27/01/2022
  • Last updated on:
    27/01/2022
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