{"nrhp_refnum":"11000981","name":"Yale Street Bridge over White Oak Bayou","other_names":["B714-57-079"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Yale St. at White Oak Bayou","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.77780407100005,"lon":-95.39891196499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 265-foot continuous span concrete girder bridge carrying Yale Street over White Oak Bayou in Houston, Harris County, Texas, built in 1931 for the City of Houston.","why_significant":"The bridge is one of a few remaining bayou crossings built under Houston's 1930s street improvement bond program. It is a good example of City Beautiful design on an engineered structure, notably through its neoclassical urn balustrade railing. It is significant under Criterion C in engineering at the state level.","narrative":"Carrying four lanes of traffic over White Oak Bayou near downtown Houston, the Yale Street Bridge was completed in 1931 by contractor J. P. Miller & Company for the City of Houston. City bridge engineer J. G. McKenzie designed it. It measures 265 feet and has six continuous reinforced concrete girder spans of variable depth, supported on battered two-column concrete bents. Cantilevered sidewalks on both sides are edged with a neoclassical urn balustrade. A 1929 bond paid for the roughly $43,580 project. The bridge reflects the City Beautiful movement, which encouraged attractive public works, and is one of McKenzie's simplified designs, alongside the Almeda Road and Telephone Road bridges. Only a handful of Texas bridges share this railing style. Some light fixtures, sidewalk brackets and one column have been replaced, yet the structure keeps a high degree of integrity and remains in vehicular use. It was recognized for engineering significance at the state level.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":"Bridge designer: J. G. McKenzie; Builder/Contractor: J. P. Miller & Company","architectural_style":"Continuous span concrete girder bridge","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a vehicular bridge; retains a high degree of integrity despite some unsympathetic repairs such as replacement light standards and altered sidewalk brackets.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.926707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/9694/40969477/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/11000981.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000981/d22cf5cfc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000981/d22cf5cfc0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale_Street_Bridge_over_White_Oak_Bayou_--_Houston,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yale_Street_Bridge_over_White_Oak_Bayou_--_Houston,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969477","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/yale-street-bridge-over-white-oak-bayou-11000981/"}