Immortal Ten Bridge

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Immortal Ten Bridge
Immortal Ten Bridge Deck Round Rock Texas 2025.jpg
Coordinates 30°30′24″N97°40′41″W / 30.506693°N 97.678102°W / 30.506693; -97.678102
CrossesUnion Pacific Railroad and E McNeil Rd
Locale Round Rock, Texas, United States
Official nameSouth Mays Street Bridge [1]
Characteristics
Material Concrete T-beam
Total length451.1 ft (137.5 m)
Width51.2 ft (15.6 m)
No. of lanes 4
History
Opened1935
Rebuilt1995 (rehabilitated)
Location
Immortal Ten Bridge

The Immortal Ten Bridge is a bridge in Round Rock, Texas, United States built at the intersection of Mays St and the railroad in response to the January 22, 1927 crash of a passenger train into a bus carrying the Baylor University basketball team headed to a game at The University of Texas, which killed 10 of the 22 passengers. [2] [3] The accident spurred the use of overpasses to improve safety with the bridge being the first railroad overpass in Texas. [4] Union Pacific donated $100,000 (equivalent to $2,290,000in 2024) toward the bridge, completed in 1935. [5]

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References

  1. "South Mays Street Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  2. Bolaños, Christine (September 24, 2016). "Rail bridge to honor Baylor's 'Immortal Ten'". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. Thomas, Kandace (January 23, 2017). "Round Rock dedicates bridge to Immortal Ten". KXXV. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  4. Brinkman, Bob. "The Immortal Ten bus crash in Round Rock, Texas". Williamson County Texas History. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  5. "City of Round Rock Honors Baylor's Immortal Ten". Baylor Magazine, Spring 2017 | Baylor University. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

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