- City:
- Houston, TX
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designer:
- Texas Highway Department
- Contractors:
- Inc., Russ Mitchell
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Texas Highway Department and the Federal Works Agency Public Roads Administration built an overpass in 1941 to separate the grade of Airline Drive and the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway tracks. The overpass is currently open to traffic.
Source notes
Plaque on bridge.
Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on March 7, 2020.
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