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TITLE:
Maury Maverick Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at County Route 207, Falls City vicinity, Karnes County, TX

CALL NUMBER:
HAER TX,128-FALCI.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Texas Department of Transportation
Austin Bridge Company
Austin, Frank E.
Austin, George L.
Texas Department of Transportation, sponsor
Texas Historical Commission, sponsor
Sears, Hannah, transmitter
Hardman, Peggy, historian

NOTE:
Survey number HAER TX-82

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N539).

Building/structure dates: 1932 initial construction

Significance: This bridge is one of two remaining in the state that features a polygonal-top-chord Warren pony truss greater than 100' in length as a main truss span. It is also one of five multiple truss bridges in Texas with a polygonal-top-chord Warren truss as its main span.

SUBJECTS:
TEXAS--Karnes County--Falls City vicinity
bridges
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
Jendrusch Bridge
County Road 207 Bridge

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.tx0950

CONTROL #:
TX0950

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