Third Street Railroad Trestle | |
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 Viewed from the south in 2020 | |
| Coordinates | 30°16′02″N 97°45′01″W / 30.26711°N 97.75039°W |
| Carries | Defunct railway |
| Crosses | Shoal Creek |
| Locale | Austin, Texas United States |
| Owner | Union Pacific Railroad |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Trestle bridge |
| Material | Timber |
| Total length | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Width | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Height | 35 ft (11 m) |
| No. of spans | 11 |
| History | |
| Opened | c. 1922 |
| Closed | 1991 |
Third Street Railroad Trestle | |
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| Coordinates | 30°16′02″N 97°45′01″W / 30.2671°N 97.7504°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 100007202[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 2021 |
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The Third Street Railroad Trestle is a historic wooden railroad trestle bridge crossing Shoal Creek in downtown Austin, Texas. Built around 1922 by the International–Great Northern Railroad, it replaced an earlier bridge in the same place. The bridge was used by the I–GN Railroad, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad until 1964, when commercial rail traffic stopped; after 1991 the bridge was abandoned. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.