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Title: Belton, TX: Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced
Post by: Brian556 on August 29, 2015, 06:42:33 PM
Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced
Thought this was interesting.

Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9983181,-97.4896226,3a,75y,54.56h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKC3gNTPTOqpycs4hbxKkKA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DKC3gNTPTOqpycs4hbxKkKA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D50.301548%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9983181,-97.4896226,3a,75y,54.56h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKC3gNTPTOqpycs4hbxKkKA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DKC3gNTPTOqpycs4hbxKkKA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D50.301548%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656)

GSV:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9988331,-97.4900346,1552m/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9988331,-97.4900346,1552m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Title: Re: Belton, TX: Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced
Post by: 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?
Title: Re: Belton, TX: Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Belton, TX: Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced
Post by: rte66man on September 02, 2015, 09:19:26 PM
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.
Title: Re: Belton, TX: Long-Gone Bridge on OLD US 81 Being Replaced
Post by: US 81 on February 12, 2016, 11:59:15 AM
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