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"Apparently
there used to be a rail line from Clairette
to Hico
or vice versa with two very nice through truss bridges. The old County
Road 270 must have paralleled the railroad on the west side having
two ponies; one from about 1910 and one maybe 1950. When the rail
line was abandoned, the county took over the one lane RR bridges and
closed the ponies. So, each through truss has a closed pony bridge
to the west.
For simplicity I have labeled them:
North Pony, North Through Truss,
South Pony and South Through Truss." |
Erath
County TX North Pony bridge off CR 270
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath
County TX North Pony bridge off CR 270
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath County
CR270 North Through Truss bridge
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath County
CR270 North Through Truss bridge
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
| "On the
south pony bridge, I took a misstep and put my foot through the old
planking." |
Erath
County TX South pony bridge off CR270
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
| "This
area was where the thick brush was the worst." |
Protective
gear for braving the thick brush
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath
County TX South pony bridge off CR270
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath
County TX South pony bridge off CR270
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath
County TX South pony bridge off CR270
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
View
of CR270 south through truss bridge from the south pony bridge.
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Looking
back at south pony bridge from CR270 south through truss bridge
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
| "The through
truss bridge is quite interesting in that it is skewed by at least
thirty degrees." - Barclay
Gibson |
Erath County
CR270 South through truss bridge
Photo
courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath
County CR270 South through truss bridge
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
Erath
County CR270 South through truss bridge
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, February 2008 |
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