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TYPICAL ARCH FROM S. - Galveston Causeway, Spanning Galveston Bay parallel to I-45, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
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TYPICAL ARCH FROM S. - Galveston Causeway, Spanning Galveston Bay parallel to I-45, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Depicted place Texas; Galveston County; Galveston
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
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HAER TEX,84-GALV,43-4
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  • Significance: This reinforced concrete viaduct spans more than two miles between Galveston Island and the Texas mainland. Its original twenty-eight concrete arches and steel draw span were the first Galveston Bay crossing to withstand hurricane forces. The Scherzer rolling-lift span, since replaced, was one of the world's largest. Seventy-nine additional concrete arches, built from 1917 to 1922, replaced embankments washed away by a hurricane. Although designed to carry a roadway, an interurban line, and a railroad, the bridge is currently used for railway traffic only. The Galveston Causeway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N388
  • Survey number: HAER TX-37
  • Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 76002028.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0763.photos.366518p
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