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CR 272-N. Fork San Gabriel River, Burnet Co.

A Pratt Though Truss bridge spanning the North Fork of the San Gabriel River, In Burnet county, Texas, south of the community of Joppa. Built in 1911 by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, of Leavenworth, Kansas. It is 102 Feet long and 16 feet wide with pin connections. At the time of the earlier pictures in early 2005 it was still open to traffic but its replacement was under construction. It has now reverted back to private ownership and is no longer accessible.

Latitude: 30.808800
Longitude: -98.027700

Sources:

http://www3.cpa.state.tx.us/bridges.nsf/ffac68c5f26c0da3862569810062286b/6807b8a876ab12678625698f00754100?OpenDocument

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J. Beauford		29-Dec-2016 03:11
There is some controversy in the Joppa community as to whether this bridge should not have "reverted" to private property. There is some support for the idea that this bridge is actually on public land and should, in fact, be open to pedestrians, as is the Joppa bridge just north of it on CR 210.

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