Marble Falls Bridge Collapse

2018 in marble falls texas.

Marble falls bridge collapse.

Here are photos and videos from the bridge s collapse and flooding in central texas. The new twin us 281 bridges carry two lanes each in opposite directions replacing a functionally obsolete steel truss bridge built in 1936. Kingsland bridge collapse. This video is unavailable.

Officials said early tuesday that the rm 2900 bridge in kingsland was washed away by flood waters. Residents were being evacuated from homes in kingsland and nearby marble falls which was being overwhelmed by the colorado river. 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. A bridge in llano county collapsed underscoring the danger of the historic flooding.

The marble falls wastewater plant is stressed due to flooding. Marble falls bridge carries us route 281 over the colorado river in marble falls texas. The 958 long bridge is a 3 span 274 410 274. Marble falls lbj inks and buchanan.

Persistent rainstorms flooded large areas of texas on tuesday causing a bridge collapse and prompting several rescues by state and local authorities. Flooding along the llano river causes bridge to collapse. It was rehabilitated in 1975. The bridge collapse sent chunks of the bridge down the llano river according to a tweet.

The texas department of transportation wanted to replace the lake marble falls bridge with two new bridges in order to improve safety and mobility. The first permanent crossing at the site was constructed in 1891 only to be destroyed in a flood in june 1935. The super slow motio. Water from the johnson fork creek was.