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Texas
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Milam County
Sugarloaf Bridge
over the Little River
Texas Historic Bridge
Milam
County
Bridge Location:
½ mile north of Gause
on FM 2095,
then north on CR 264 approximately two miles.
The road then crosses the Little River.
(See map
below)
Photos and text by Joe Williams |
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I
have visited your [magazine] on a number of occasions. I live in Houston,
and I recently viewed your article on the Bryant
Station Bridge. My fiancée and I decided to drive up to the Buckholts
area and have a look at it. I used Google Earth to check the exact
location of the bridge on the Little River, and I discovered that
you could make out the shadows of the metal truss.
Before we left, I traced the Little River on Google Earth for more
bridges, and I discovered another metal truss bridge, or at least
what I suspected was a metal truss bridge, that crossed the Little
River in Milam County, approximately 40 miles from the Bryant
Station location. This bridge is located approximately 4 miles
north of Gause on County
Road 264. The exact location is about ½ mile north of Gause
on Farm to Market Road 2095, then north on County Road 264 approximately
two miles. The road then crosses the Little River. Much to my surprise
when I drove the road for the first time, the bridge is an old metal
truss bridge, and it has been completely restored by TxDot. The restoration
was done in 2006. The bridge is closed for motor traffic, but open
for pedestrians.
It has been repainted, and apparently, the pylons that support it
have been reformed. There is a new concrete bridge that runs next
to it for regular traffic. I have included several pictures, and a
photo of the Historical marker that tells the bridge history.
It appears that the bridge is 234 feet in length, and it originally
spanned the Brazos River. It was moved to the present location in
1937 when the old bridge collapsed. Then it was restored in 2006.
I have not seen the bridge on any maps, and I did not see it on your
website. I thought it might be of interest to your readership. - Joe
Williams, Houston, Texas, October 07, 2007 |
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| Sugarloaf Bridge
Historical Marker |
| Close-up view
of Sugarloaf Bridge, Milam County |
| View of concrete
bridge from Sugarloaf Bridge |
| View of Little
River from Sugarloaf Bridge |
| Sugarloaf Bridge
over Little River |
1907 Milam
County postal map showing Gause
and Little River
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
More
Milam County Bridges
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| Photos
courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006 |
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