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TITLE:
East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schulenburg vicinity, Fayette County, TX

CALL NUMBER:
HAER TX,75-SCHU.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Granger, A. T.
Robertson, Lake
Texas Department of Transportation, sponsor
Texas Historical Commission, sponsor
Hardman, Peggy, historian
Harms, Bruce A., photographer
Harms, Bruce, Photographer

NOTE:
Survey number HAER TX-79

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N528).

Building/structure dates: 1921 initial construction

Significance: One of only a small number of concrete cantilever bridges constructed by the Texas Highway Department, this 199' long bridge also has unusual ornamental concrete railings.

SUBJECTS:
TEXAS--Fayette County--Schulenburg vicinity
bridges
bridge construction

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.tx0947

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW OF THE EAST NAVIDAD RIVER BRIDGE, EAST APPROACH, LOOKING WEST.
2. GENERAL VIEW OF THE EAST NAVIDAD RIVER BRIDGE, SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
3. GENERAL VIEW OF EAST NAVIDAD RIVER BRIDGE, SKEWED SUBSTRUCTURE, LOOKING WEST.
4. GENERAL VIEW OF THE EAST NAVIDAD RIVER BRIDGE, EAST ABUTMENT, LOOKING EAST.
5. DETAIL OF EAST NAVIDAD RIVER BRIDGE, CANTILEVER DROP AT BENTS 2 AND 5, LOOKING NORTH.
6. DETAIL OF EAST NAVIDAD RIVER BRIDGE, BUILDER'S PLATE, LOOKING NORTH.

CONTROL #:
TX0947

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