Third Street Railroad Trestle
National Register of Historic Places

Third Street Railroad Trestle

Austin, Travis County, Texas
Listed
November 23, 2021
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100007202

About this property

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.

Location

Austin, Travis County, Texas
30.26711, -97.75040

Categories

TRANSPORTATION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Third Street Railroad Trestle listed on the National Register?

Third Street Railroad Trestle was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 23, 2021.

What type of historic resource is Third Street Railroad Trestle?

Third Street Railroad Trestle is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Third Street Railroad Trestle?

The period of significance for Third Street Railroad Trestle is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1922.

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