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Overview: Lost cantilevered through truss over Brazos River on US 90A at Richmond
Location: Fort Bend County, Texas
Status: Removed
History: Opened July 23, 1925; parallel bridge built 1965; closed to traffic Nov. 1986; demolished July 14, 1988
Builders: - Austin Bridge Co. of Dallas, Texas (contractor)
- Charles H. Kendall (county engineer)
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas (substructure)
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (steel fabrication)
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 364 ft.
Total length: 1,156 ft.
Deck width: 20 ft.
Inventory number: BH 36688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

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