Bridge Name: | Barton Creek Bridge |
Crosses: | Barton Creek |
Locale: | Huckabay, Texas |
Engineering: | Runyon Bridge Company |
Heritage: | Historic American Engineering Record |
Closed: | 1930s |
Barton Creek Bridge is an early example of a cable stayed bridge; it spans Barton Creek in Huckabay, Texas. Built 1890 by Runyon Bridge Company, it was bypassed and abandoned in the 1930s and now lies in ruins.[1] The bridge was brought to the attention of the Historic American Engineering Record in 2000, when it was found to bear a striking resemblance to the Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge, which had at the time, been considered the only example of a Runyon patent cable-stayed bridge.[2] [3] It has a total length of, with the main span being .