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TEXAS
BRIDGESTexas
Spans
(occasionally over water) |
Photo courtesy Barclay
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The symbolism of bridges, or so we're told, represents problem solving and compromise.
Permanent handshakes extended across chasms of prejudice and misunderstanding.
Romantic ideas like that are great for tourist brochures, but it gives us a headache.
People see bridges as tall places to drive over or look down from. Our bridges
here aren't symbols of anything; they're real rusting, riveted iron spans. They're
mostly bridges to the 19th Century, but we find that handy since so much of our
content lives there. |
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Special FeatureFour
Bridges / Three States
11-3-08
Chevelon
Canyon Bridge Winslow Arizona, Querino Canyon Bridge on Old Route 66 Houck Arizona,
Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Redding California, and Yaquina Bay Bridge Newport
Oregon.
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson |
Bridge
for sale by Bob
Bowman 10-6-08
One of East Texas’ best known bridges
is up for sale... Stretching across the Neches River, the Texas Highway 94 bridge
has been in place since 1936. It is included in the National Register of Historic
Places... |
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The
Old Iron Bridges of Lavaca County
by Murray Montgomery
"In 1891 the county had a total of 19 iron bridges; the paper referred to
them as 'substantial structures' and folks back then took great pride in their
creation.'" |
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Gallery of Gorgotten Texas Bridges Series Feature
Beauchamp
Collection. Postcards circa 1910:
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List
of Texas Bridges Adamsville
- Lampasas River Through Truss Bridge 6-26-08Addicks
- Bear Creek Bridge 3-4-09Albion
- Red River Bridge 2-16-07Altair
- Colorado River Bridge 1-19-07Alton
- Denton County 11-12-07Austin
- Montopolis Bridge 4-2-08Austin
- Pennybacker Bridge
11-6-07 Beaumont
- Neches River Railroad Drawbridge Beaumont
- Neches River Rainbow Bridge & Veteran's Memorial BridgeBeaumont
- The Railroad Lift BridgeBell
County Iron Bridges on Sunshine Road 10-15-06Benjamin
- Closed Railroad Trestle 2-18-09Bluff
Dale - Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge Feature
12-27-09
Borger
- Swinging Bridge across Canyon near Borger Brazos
Country - Brazos River Railroad Bridge 12-25-09Brazos
Point - Brazos River Bridge 4-9-07
Bridge
City - Rainbow Bridge Bridge
City - Veteran's Memorial BridgeBryant
Station 12-1-06
Burkett
- Through Truss Bridge 4-14-08Calaveras
- Railroad bridge over Calararas Creek & Old bridge over San Antonio River
3-12-08Caldwell
County rural bridge near LockhartCanadian
- Canadian River Wagon Bridge FeatureCarancahua
8-6-08 Carpenter's
Bluff Bridge - Bridging Texas and OklahomaClear
Fork of the Brazos River Suspension Bridge circa 1896
One of the oldest
suspension bridges in Texas Clifton
- Whipple Truss Bridge Collingsworth
County - The "Red River Plunge" Bridge of Bonnie & Clyde Feature
On the National Register
Colorado
County - Ehlinger Bridge, razed FeatureCopano
Bay Causeway 2-11-08Corpus
Christi Harbor BridgeCorpus
Christi drawbridgeCorpus
Christi Causeway BridgeCoupland
- Williamson County CR456 Thru Truss Bridge
1-21-10Dallas'
Bridge Of Harmony 10-12-06Deming's
Bridge
2-24-09Dime
Box - former railroad bridgeDubina
- Piano Bridge
East Columbia, Texas, Brazos River, railroad swing bridgeEagle
Pass - The railroad bridge joining Piedras Negras with Eagle PassEagle
Pass - Bridge at Fort Duncan Earle
- Medio Creek Bridge 1-27-09 East
Sweden Pony Truss Bridge
Feature 1-6-08Eliasville
- Brazos River Bridge
2-25-09Ellis
County - The Endangered Spring Creek Bridge
Another Piece of Texas to be
Replaced by "Progress"Eulogy
- Brazos River Bridge
9-9-08Falls
County Texas CR268 Wood Pony Bridge
12-19-09Fort
Griffin Bridges
3-3-08Fort
Richardson State Park 9-4-08Fred
Hartman Bridge
2-18-08Gainesville
- The Red River Bridge 1-13-08Gainesville
- Elm Bridge 1-13-08Glen
Flora - Colorado River bridge ruinsGoliad
County - Bridge Available for Adoption Granjeño
- Bridge to Mexico under construction 3-27-08Groesbeck
- Navasota River bridge near Fort ParkerHamilton
- Bullman Bridge, Leon River, bowstring bridge.Hamilton
- Bridge over Bear CreekHico
- Bridge over the Bosque RiverHidalgo
- Hidalgo Reynosa International Bridge 5-1-07Hunter
- MKT Railroad BridgeHuntsville
- Park bridgeImperial
Through Truss Bridge, Pecos River Feature
1-1-08Inks
Lake Bridge
2-25-08International
Bridge connecting Brownsville with MatamorosIron
bridge between Goliad and BeevilleJoppa
Iron Bridge, circa 1911Joppa
Iron Bridge IIKirtley
Railroad Bridge
6-30-07Knippa
- Bridge west of KnippaKnox
City - Knox County Through Truss Bridge over Brazos River
4-14-09Kosse
- Big Elm Creek Bridge 12-21-06Krum
5-1-07La
Grange railroad bridge
Langtry,
Val Verde County - Pecos River Bridge FeatureLavaca
County - Old Iron Bridges FeatureLeon
Springs 12-2-08Liberty
Bridge
2-26-08Limestone
County - State Highway 14 on Navasota River
(No Photos)Llano
River Roy Inks Bridge
1-17-08
Llano Texas Railroad Through Truss Bridge
1-17-08Lockhart
State Park
8-14-08Lone
Wolf Bridge 6-19-08Luxello
3-13-08Mason
- Broad Street Bridge 11-6-06Maxdale
- Through Truss Bridge 5-4-09
McQueeney
- Guadalupe River Railroad BridgeNormanna
- Medio Creek Bridge 11-16-07New
Braunfels - Faust Street Bridge c1887
Feature 11-15-07Oso
- Pine Springs Cemetery Bridge 1-19-10Palacios,
TexasPeacock
- Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge over Brazos River Feature
2-16-07Pecos
High Bridge 4-30-09Port
Arthur - The Gulfgate Bridge now known as the Martin Luther King Bridge FeatureThe
Possum Kingdom Masonry Arch Bridge Feature
11-9-07Pottsville
- A bridge over Cowhouse CreekRainbow
- Brazos River BridgeRaisin
1-11-10Ray
Point Bridges
5-12-09Regency
- Colorado River Bridge Feature Richland
Springs - Cotton Belt Road Bridge 12-1-06Richmond
- Railroad bridge 1-17-07Rio
Hondo - Draw Bridge 4-7-08Roma
- The International Bridge, one of the few remaining suspension bridges in TexasRusk
FootbridgeRoxton
Bridges Feature
6-17-08San
Antonio River Bridge, Missions TrailSan
Saba - Beveridge Bridge Feature
One of only two suspension bridges, in the state of Texas, that are still used
by cars and trucks.
San
Saba River Bridge, Voca, McCulloch CountySan
Antonio - Berg's Mill Bridge Feature
1-12-07San
Antonion - Hays Street Bridge Feature
7-21-08San
Antonio - New Braunfels Avenue Bridge
Feature 9-2-08San
Diego Bridges 10-5-07Sargent
- Swing Bridge 8-29-09
Sergovia
1938 Through Truss Bridge
9-18-08Seguin
- Miller Bridge or Weinot BridgeShiner
- Bridge over Boggy Creek
8-26-08Simmons
- Nueces River old bridge 5-17-07 Soda
Springs - Caldwell County CR130 Lenticular Bridge
1-12-10Spade
- Closed bridge 1-5-10Spofford
- Three Railroad Bridges 4-10-08Sugarloaf
Bridge of Milam County
Feature 10-23-07Study
Butte, Brewster County - bridgeThrockmorton
Bridge 5-12-07Throckmorton
County - Clear Fork of the Brazos River Suspension Bridge Feature
The
Trinity River Railroad Swing Bridge FeatureThe
Old Trinity River Highway Span FeatureTilden
9-9-08 Tuleta
- Medio Creek Bridge
11-3-07Uvalde
Railroad Bridge
6-24-07Valley
Wells Cemetery - Former Nueces River BridgeWaco
Bridges FeatureWaco
- Waco Suspension Bridge c. 1870, Brazos River
FeatureWaco
- Waco Steel Bridge AKA The Washington Street Bridge, The Iron Bridge c. 1902,
Brazos River FeatureWaxahachieWeslaco
- The Bridge to Rio Rico, Tamaulipas, MexicoWharton
- Colorado River Bridge, WhartonWied
- Smothers Creek Through Truss Bridge
10-8-09Williamson
County CR366 Bridge 1-18-07Woodson
Suspension Bridge
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Bridge
Stories
Ferries
in East Texas by Bob Bowman
Long before modern bridges were built
to span rivers in East Texas, ferries were maintained at places where roads crossed
streams that were not fordable. Footbridge
at Waller Creek by C. F. EckhardtThe
Upshur County Incident by George Lester
There was a bridge just
a few hundred yards from our house in Upshur County. It crossed a little creek
then ran through the oil lease my father managed. It was so polluted nothing survived
in it for very long..."Playboy"
Burns A Railroad Bridge by N. Ray Maxie
"The
burning of the Railroad Bridge was an arson case. It happened during the summer
months of the mid 1970"s in southwest Houston..." |
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Four
Bridges/Three States Photos Barclay Gibson 11-3-08
Chevelon
Canyon Bridge Winslow Arizona, Querino Canyon Bridge on Old Route 66 Houck Arizona,
Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Redding California, and Yaquina Bay Bridge Newport
Oregon. |
Texas
Bridges Forum
I
was so sure I would find info on Vince's Bridge and its connection with
Sam Houston and the Battle of San Jacinto - but nothing in your site. There has
even been a neighborhood association in 1998 trying to restore that bridge. A
marker put up by the DRT is located on N. Richy Street in Pasadena, 1 mile north
of SH 225 (LaPorte Freeway) - a couple of blocks behind the circular-shaped Ramada
Inn and among the army of railroad tank cars. I just thought this would make a
great entry page for your site as to historic bridges in the state. - Roland Jary,
Fort Worth, April 21, 2002
Subject: Denton County Iron Bridges
Hi, just wanted to say I like your site! I'm a big fan of old roads, old bridges,
old towns churches etc, so your site is a great way for me to plan road trips!
Your bridge page is great, but you should hve a link to Denton
County Historic Iron Bridges My buddies and I often use them to string together
a bike ride on county roads - we can cover 5-10 in one ride, depending on the
route. - Scott Braden, Richardson TX, May 24, 2004 |
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