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The
Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge
c. 1884
Bosque River
Clifton, Texas35
miles Northwest of Waco |
Clifton Whipple
Truss Bridge Historical Marker TextBuilt
in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, at a cost of $6,465,
this bridge spans 150 feet across the North Bosque River. This type of bridge,
called a Whipple truss, was named for its designer. One of the few remaining Whipple
truss bridges in the state, it opened up travel routes from the south and west
to the north and east. Withstanding many floods, the bridge provided an important
transportation connection for Bosque County residents from 1884 to 1941 when traffic
was routed west of the Bosque River to the newly constructed Highway 6. |
| | Clifton
Whipple Truss Bridge
TE post card archive |
Although
the caption of the post card on the right gives the location of the bridge as
Waco, alert reader Paul Newsome identified
it as the Whipple Truss Bridge, still standing at CliftonTexas.htm:
"That
[post card] is most certainly a picture of the Whipple Truss Bridge in CliftonTexas.htm,
a Texas Historical Landmark, built in 1884 by Wrought Iron Bridge Company.
Another angle of the bridge as well as more information can be found
at: http://clifton.centraltx.com/history.htm." - Paul Newsome, January
11, 2004 |
| The
Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge in 2004. TE photo | |
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