Marble Falls Bridge Collapse

Kingsland bridge collapse.

Marble falls bridge collapse.

The 958 long bridge is a 3 span 274 410 274. Officials said early tuesday that the rm 2900 bridge in kingsland was washed away by flood waters. A bridge over the llano river collapsed outside kingsland on tuesday and waters continue to rise with homes flooding in kingsland marble falls and granite shoals. Flooding along the llano river causes bridge to collapse.

The bridge collapse sent chunks of the bridge down the llano river according to a tweet. The new twin us 281 bridges carry two lanes each in opposite directions replacing a functionally obsolete steel truss bridge built in 1936. It was rehabilitated in 1975. The first permanent crossing at the site was constructed in 1891 only to be destroyed in a flood in june 1935.

The texas department of transportation wanted to replace the lake marble falls bridge with two new bridges in order to improve safety and mobility. A bridge in llano county collapsed underscoring the danger of the historic flooding. The marble falls wastewater plant is stressed due to flooding. Here are photos and videos from the bridge s collapse and flooding in central texas.

Persistent rainstorms flooded large areas of texas on tuesday causing a bridge collapse and prompting several rescues by state and local authorities. 8 a ferry operated across the river until a cantilever deck truss bridge was built in 1936. This video is unavailable. The super slow motio.

Video shot with a nikon d800 85mm prime. Residents were being evacuated from homes in kingsland and nearby marble falls which was being overwhelmed by the colorado river. Marble falls lbj inks and buchanan. 2018 in marble falls texas.