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Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

description

Summary

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first use by the Texas Highway Department of a cantilever truss structure and of pneumatic pier excavation.

Survey number: HAER TX-11

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fort bend county richmond bridge richmond bridge brazos brazos river bend texas historic american engineering record lysa wegman french photo ultra high resolution high resolution aerial photographs aerial view houston library of congress
date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
place

Location

fort bend county ,  29.58218, -95.76078
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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