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Riverside_Swinging_Bridge Latitude and Longitude:
30°51′26″N 95°23′46″W / 30.857222°N 95.396111°W / 30.857222; -95.396111 (Riverside Swinging Bridge)
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Riverside Swinging Bridge
Riverside Swinging Bridge is located in Texas
Riverside Swinging Bridge
Nearest city Riverside, Texas
Coordinates 30°51′26″N 95°23′46″W / 30.857222°N 95.396111°W / 30.857222; -95.396111 (Riverside Swinging Bridge)
Arealess than one acre
Built1904
Built byInternational & Great Northern Railroad
Architectural stylePratt-Truss Bridge
NRHP reference  No. 79003020 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1979

The Riverside Swinging Bridge, northeast of Riverside, Texas, is a swinging bridge which was built in 1904. It is the last swinging railroad bridge in Texas. It brings the Missouri Pacific Railroad between Trinity County, Texas and Walker County, Texas. It was built by the International and Great Northern Railroad to cross the Trinity River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

It is a Pratt truss structure. [2]

The bridge has hardly ever swung. It was turned first during an inauguration ceremony, and was turned again in 1925 to allow debris from a flood to pass the bridge. [2]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b William L. Cumiford; Paul D. Hutchison (November 5, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Riverside Swinging Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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