Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge [SEP] material used
reinforced in 1953. The bridge is still in use today, still carrying traffic along Route 40.
Appearance.
The Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge is a 3 span stone arched bridge. The bridge is constructed with solid uncoarsed limestone blocks. The bridge reaches 208 feet in length over the Little Wheeling Creek below. The middle arch spans 38 feet with two arches to either side spanning 25 feet. The arches are shaped in an ellipse pattern rather than the popular semicircular pattern for aesthetic reasons giving the bridge a "humpback
In parallel with the I-35E bridge is a railroad bridge carrying the DCTA's A-Train.
- Another regularly used bridge is on the lake's eastern finger through Little Elm, connecting two halves of Farm to Market Road 720, locally known as Eldorado Parkway. It carries most of the traffic from communities east of the lake to the Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge).
- US 380 crosses the extreme northern end in two places, each requiring a short bridge. To the west it crosses the Elm Fork, the