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Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge
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| Coordinates | 32°21′14″N 98°01′34″W / 32.354°N 98.026°W / 32.354; -98.026 |
| Carries | Pedestrian way |
| Crosses | Paluxy River |
| Locale | Bluff Dale, Texas |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed |
| Material | Wrought iron |
| Total length | 200 feet (61 m) |
| Width | 13 feet (4.0 m) |
| Longest span | 140 feet (43 m) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Designer | Edwin Elijah Runyon |
| Construction start | 1890 |
| Construction end | 1890 |
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Despite the name given in Historic American Engineering Record documentation, the Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge is actually a cable-stayed structure.[1] Its deck is suspended from multiple layers of stay cables radiating from the towers, some terminating at the deck and others running continuously from one tower to the other. This pattern of cables was established in designer Edwin Elijah Runyon's first U.S. patent, No. 394,940.[2] Its hand-twisted wire cable and non-traditional use of wrought-iron pipe components make it a notable example of vernacular American bridge construction. The bridge is on Preservation Texas' 2009 list of most endangered places.[3]
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Bridges of the Paluxy River
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