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Bluff Dale
Bridge
Bluff
Dale
Erath County, Texas
Photos & research
by Jim & Lou Kinsey
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County
Road 149 at the Paluxy River, vicinity of Bluff
Dale, Texas
In 1891, Texas bridge builder William Flinn assembled this highly
unusual cable-stayed bridge using iron pipes, rods and castings. Wrapped
wire cables complete the 140-foot invention. Crossing the Paluxy River
near rural Bluff Dale. This
technological wonder remains as the earliest known cable-stayed bridge
in the United States. |
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Bluff
Dale Bridge looking North
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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Bluff
Dale Bridge looking south
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 2003 |
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