Beaver Creek Bridge (Electra, Texas)

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Beaver Creek Bridge
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Beaver Creek Bridge
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Beaver Creek Bridge
Nearest city Electra, Texas
Coordinates 33°54′21″N98°54′17″W / 33.90583°N 98.90472°W / 33.90583; -98.90472
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Built by Austin Bridge Company
Architect Texas Highway Department
Architectural styleWarren pony truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
NRHP reference No. 96001104 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1996

Beaver Creek Bridge, also known as FM 2326 Bridge at Beaver Creek or WC2215-02-002, is a historic bridge built during 1925-1926 near Electra in Wichita County, Texas. It brings Farm-to-Market Road over Beaver Creek, connecting the Beaver Creek community with the Rock Crossing oilfield area in Wilbarger County. [2]

It consists of three 60-foot (18 m) riveted Warren pony truss spans and a concrete girder approach span, built to Texas Highway Department standard designs. Its spans were fabricated by, and the bridge was built by, the Austin Bridge Company of Dallas, Texas. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] The bridge was then eligible for rehabilitation but not yet replacement. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Regina A. Lauderdale and Pat St. George (September 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beaver Creek Bridge / FM 2326 Bridge at Beaver Creek; WC2215-02-00". National Archives.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog Archived January 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine )