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Overview: Pony truss bridge over San Antonio River on N. Presa Street in San Antonio
Location: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1925; reduced to two way traffic in the 1980's
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 178.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +29.42528, -98.48861 (decimal degrees)
29°25'31" N, 98°29'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 32781 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2005): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 57.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2000): 2,370

San Antonio River Bridge

Posted June 24, 2008, by Markus Haas (markus [at] sweeet [dot] net)

This bridge should be designated a plain pony truss bridge, not lenticular. The lenticular pony truss bridge is the S. Presa one.

Several of these pictures show that the street was narrowed from three lanes to two during a downtown revitalization project in the 1980s.