Belton, TX: Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced

Started by Brian556, August 29, 2015, 06:42:33 PM

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cjk374

Which of the I-35 Service Roads is the Old US 81? The one with the new looking bridge (GSV) or the one with the older bridge hugged up against I-35?
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intelati49

Quote from: cjk374 on August 30, 2015, 10:04:09 AM
Which of the I-35 Service Roads is the Old US 81? The one with the new looking bridge (GSV) or the one with the older bridge hugged up against I-35?

I'm assuming neither. Toll Bridge Rd has old embankments for a bridge though.

rte66man

Quote from: intelati49 on August 30, 2015, 02:48:58 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on August 30, 2015, 10:04:09 AM
Which of the I-35 Service Roads is the Old US 81? The one with the new looking bridge (GSV) or the one with the older bridge hugged up against I-35?

I'm assuming neither. Toll Bridge Rd has old embankments for a bridge though.

The Street View is from May 2015 and shows construction on Toll Bridge Road at the river.
When you come to a fork in the road... TAKE IT.

                                                               -Yogi Berra

US 81

There was an old Whipple-Truss bridge here from the 1900's which
had been restored in the 1990's. It collapsed in 2006 after having been struck in a single-vehicle collision. Luckily someone catalogued the old bridge:

http://www.pbase.com/photos_by_moon/tollbridgebell



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