Immortal Ten Bridge
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CrossesUnion Pacific Railroad and E McNeil Rd
LocaleRound Rock, Texas, United States
Official nameSouth Mays Street Bridge[1]
Immortal Ten Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 30°30′24″N 97°40′41″W / 30.506693°N 97.678102°W |
| Crosses | Union Pacific Railroad and E McNeil Rd |
| Locale | Round Rock, Texas, United States |
| Official name | South Mays Street Bridge[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Concrete T-beam |
| Total length | 451.1 ft (137.5 m) |
| Width | 51.2 ft (15.6 m) |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1935 |
| Rebuilt | 1995 (rehabilitated) |
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The Immortal Ten Bridge is a bridge in Round Rock, Texas, United States built at the intersection of Mays St and the railroad in response to the January 22, 1927 crash of a passenger train into a bus carrying the Baylor University basketball team headed to a game at The University of Texas, which killed 10 of the 22 passengers.[2][3] The accident spurred the use of overpasses to improve safety with the bridge being the first railroad overpass in Texas.[4] Union Pacific donated $100,000 (equivalent to $2,290,000 in 2024) toward the bridge, completed in 1935.[5]
