Overview
| Repository | Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201 |
| Creator | City of Dallas Departments |
| Title | Continental Avenue Viaduct Over Trinity River |
| Dates | 1930 |
| Quantity | 3 linear inches |
| Abstract | Trinity River bridge plans and construction correspondence. |
| Identification | 1994-007 |
| Language | Records are in English |
Scope and Content
The Continental Avenue Viaduct is one of five concrete floodway bridges built across the Trinity River during the 1930s. It connects Riverfront (formerly Industrial Boulevard) to Singleton Boulevard, which was previously known as the Irving-Fort Worth Road. The bridge was constructed over several months in 1930 by the Dallas Railway and Terminal Company, under contract to the City of Dallas, by the Austin Bridge Company. It cost approximately $407,500.00, and at the time of its construction in 1930, it was used primarily for buses and trolley traffic.
The collection contains contracts and technical specifications and correspondence from the City of Dallas Director of Public Works, J.W. Everman and the president of the Dallas Railway and Terminal Company, John W. Carpenter. A set of Blueline drawings were attached to the contract and specifications as exhibits A through C.
Organization
The collection is arranged by contract, specifications, correspondence, and order of exhibits.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
Citation
Continental Avenue Viaduct Over Trinity River, 1930 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
None
Index Terms
Bridges -- Texas -- Design and construction
Bridges -- Specifications – Texas
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Container List
| 1 | 1 | Contract for Trinity River Floodway Bridge, 1930 |
| | 2 | Specifications for Trinity River Floodway Bridge, Exhibit A, 1930 |
| | 3 | Supplemental Specifications for Trinity River Floodway Bridge, Exhibit B, 1930 |
| | 4 | Correspondence and notes, 1930 [Related to specifications for Trinity River Floodway Bridge.] |
| | | Blueline drawings, Exhibit C, 1930 |
| | 5 | 54 foot thru plate girder spans |
| | 6 | 120 foot thru-plate girder spans |
| | 7 | Details – roller nests and shoes – 120 foot span |
| | 8 | 48 foot deck plate girder – spans and bent |
| | 9 | Tie plans for steel bridges |
| | 10 | Alignment, grades & borings – location and topography |
| | 11 | Timber trestle – superstructure |
| | 12 | Viaduct outlines – concrete |
| | 13 | Viaduct reinforcing – concrete – superstructure |
| | 14 | Piers – channel spans – concrete – superstructure |
| | 15 | Piers – highway spans – concrete – superstructure |