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The Harbor Bridge Project (or New Harbor Bridge or US 181 Harbor Bridge) is the replacement of the existing through arch bridge that crosses the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, which serves the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a modern cable-stayed bridge design.
A steel truss bridge made of 200-foot-long (61 m) prefabricated sections, it was designed to be resistant to fire, ice, water and wind, elements that had destroyed previous wooden structures. Like the previous bridges, tolls were collected to recover a portion of the half-million dollar investment, equal to $18,312,000 today.
The original estimate of the cost of the Old Iron Bridge was $45,000 and was partially financed by bonds and local taxes. [1] Bids on the project were solicited and the Kansas City Bridge Co. was selected as contractor. The final cost of the bridge's construction was $167,500. The bridge was completed in 1923 and opened for use in January 1924.
North San Gabriel River Bridge Extant Steel rolled multi-beam: 1939 2000 I-35 BL – Georgetown: San Gabriel River north fork Georgetown: Williamson: TX-98: Texas Suspension Bridges Cable-stayed and Suspension: 2000 Austin: Travis: TX-98-A
Construction on the Rainbow bridge, a cantilever truss bridge, began in 1936.It was contracted under the guidance of the Texas State Highway Department.Due to concerns by the upstream city of Beaumont about the bridge posing a threat to ship navigation, the Rainbow Bridge was built with a 680-foot (210 m) main span.
The High Five Interchange, north of downtown in Dallas, Texas, is a massive five-level freeway interchange.It is the junction of two major highways carrying heavy rush-hour traffic, the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway and the Central Expressway (), and is the first five-level stack interchange to be built in the city.
Lenticular truss bridge. Included in Brackenridge Park Historic District listing. Brazoria Bridge: 1939 1991-06-14 Brazoria: Brazoria: Parker through truss: Bunton Branch Bridge: 1915, 1917, 1932 2002-02-19 Kyle
The Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Bridge was completed in 2012, [2] with Freese and Nichols as the lead engineering firm and engineer of record. Bridge architect Miguel Rosales of Boston-based transportation architects Rosales + Partners provided the conceptual design, bridge architecture, and lighting design.