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McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, TX
Summary
Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. The bridge is also distinguished by cantilevered concrete sidewalks and steel picket and pipe railings, highlighted by a "ring" motif - a common decorative feature of the 1930s.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N533
Survey number: HAER TX-80
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Brooks, Pete, field team
Texas Department of TRansportation, sponsor
Texas Historical Commission, sponsor
Harms, Bruce A., photographer
King, Joe, historian
Location
South Houston (Tex.), 29.76114, -95.41284
Source
Library of Congress
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
