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Texas
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TEXAS BRIDGESTexas
Spans
(occasionally over water) |
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson |
| 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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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... |
| | 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 BridgeAddicks
- Bear Creek BridgeAlbion
- Red River BridgeAltair
- Colorado River BridgeAlton
- Denton CountyAustin
- Montopolis BridgeAustin
- Pennybacker BridgeBallinger
Texas Bridges & Crossings 7-20-11
Beaumont
- Neches River Railroad Drawbridge Beaumont
- Neches River Rainbow Bridge & Veteran's Memorial BridgeBeaumont
- The Railroad Lift BridgeBell
County Iron Bridges on Sunshine RoadBenjamin
- Closed Railroad TrestleBluff
Dale - Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge Feature
Borger
- Swinging Bridge across Canyon near Borger Brazoria
Railroad Swing Bridge & Triple Truss Bridge Feature
Brazos
Country - Brazos River Railroad BridgeBrazos
Point - Brazos River Bridge Bridge
City - Rainbow Bridge Bridge
City - Veteran's Memorial BridgeBrown
County CR 306 Pony Bridge Feature
5-1-12Bryant
Station
Burkett
- Through Truss BridgeCalaveras
- Railroad bridge over Calararas Creek & Old bridge over San Antonio RiverCaldwell
County rural bridge near LockhartCanadian
- Canadian River Wagon Bridge FeatureCarancahuaCarpenter'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 Covered BridgeColorado
County - Ehlinger Bridge, razed FeatureCopano
Bay CausewayCorpus
Christi Harbor BridgeCorpus
Christi drawbridgeCorpus
Christi Causeway BridgeCoupland
- Williamson County CR456 Thru Truss BridgeDallas'
Bridge Of HarmonyDeming's
BridgeDime
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 BridgeEast
Sweden Pony Truss Bridge FeatureEliasville
- Brazos River BridgeEllis
County - The Endangered Spring Creek Bridge
Another Piece of Texas to be
Replaced by "Progress"Eulogy
- Brazos River BridgeFalls
County Texas CR268 Wood Pony Bridge Fort
Griffin BridgesFort
Richardson State ParkFred
Hartman BridgeGainesville
- The Red River BridgeGainesville
- Elm BridgeGlen
Flora - Colorado River bridge ruinsGoliad
County - Bridge Available for Adoption Granjeńo
- Bridge to Mexico under constructionGreen
Elm Cemetery Haunted Bridge Feature
9-3-11Groesbeck
- 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 BridgeHunter
- MKT Railroad BridgeHuntsville
- Park bridgeImperial
Through Truss Bridge, Pecos River FeatureInks
Lake BridgeInternational
Bridge connecting Brownsville with MatamorosIron
bridge between Goliad and BeevilleIrving
- Twin Wells Bridge 11-22-11Joppa
Iron Bridge, circa 1911Joppa
Iron Bridge IIKirtley
Railroad BridgeKnippa
- Bridge west of KnippaKnox
City - Knox County Through Truss Bridge over Brazos RiverKosse
- Big Elm Creek BridgeKrumLa
Grange railroad bridge
Langtry,
Val Verde County - Pecos River Bridge FeatureLavaca
County - Old Iron Bridges FeatureLeon
SpringsLiberty
BridgeLimestone
County - State Highway 14 on Navasota River (No Photos)Llano
River Roy Inks Bridge
Llano Texas Railroad Through Truss BridgeLockhart
State ParkLone
Wolf BridgeLuxelloMason
- Broad Street Bridge Matagorda
- New Bridge & Old Draw Bridge
5-17-11Maxdale
- Through Truss BridgeMcQueeney
- Guadalupe River Railroad BridgeMikeska
3-1-13Nacogdoches
County - Goodman Pony Truss BridgeNormanna
- Medio Creek BridgeNew
Braunfels - Faust Street Bridge c1887
FeatureOakland
Bridge on Navadad RiverOso
- Pine Springs Cemetery BridgePalacios,
TexasPeacock
- Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge over Brazos River FeaturePecos
High BridgePort
Arthur - The Gulfgate Bridge now known as the Martin Luther King Bridge FeatureThe
Possum Kingdom Masonry Arch Bridge FeaturePottsville
- A bridge over Cowhouse CreekRainbow
- Brazos River BridgeRaisin
Ray
Point BridgesRegency
- Colorado River Bridge Feature Richland
Springs - Cotton Belt Road Bridge Richmond
- Railroad Bridge 2-2-13Rio
Hondo - Draw BridgeRoma
- The International Bridge, one of the few remaining suspension bridges in Texas
Rosebud - Carnegie
BridgeFeatureRusk
FootbridgeRoxton
Bridges FeatureSan
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 FeatureSan
Antonion - Hays Street Bridge FeatureSan
Antonio - New Braunfels Avenue Bridge FeatureSan
Diego BridgesSargent
- Swing BridgeSergovia
1938 Through Truss BridgeSeguin
- Miller Bridge or Weinot BridgeShiner
- Bridge over Boggy CreekSimmons
- Nueces River old bridgeSmithville’s
(2nd) Colorado River Bridge 1915-1950
FeatureSmithville’s
(1st) Colorado River Bridge 1900Soda
Springs - Caldwell County CR130 Lenticular BridgeSomerville
BridgesSpade
- Closed bridgeSpofford
- Three Railroad BridgesSterling
CityStudy
Butte, Brewster County - bridgeSugarloaf
Bridge of Milam County FeatureThrockmorton
BridgeThrockmorton
County - Clear Fork of the Brazos River Suspension Bridge Feature
The
Trinity River Railroad Swing Bridge FeatureThe
Old Trinity River Highway Span FeatureTildenTuleta
- Medio Creek BridgeUvalde
Railroad BridgeValley
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 FeatureWaller/Austin
County Line - Brazos River Railroad Bridge Feature
11-18-11
Wallis
Texas Brazos River Railroad Thru Truss Bridge
FeatureWaxahachieWeslaco
- The Bridge to Rio Rico, Tamaulipas, MexicoWharton
- Colorado River Bridge, WhartonWied
- Smothers Creek Through Truss BridgeWilson
County - Mueller Bridge 12-10-10Williamson
County Through Truss Bridge on CR366 Feature
7-8-12Williamson
County CR366 BridgeWilliamson
County Granger Lake - Hoxie & Friendship BridgesWoodson
Suspension Bridge |
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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Bridges/Three States Photos Barclay Gibson
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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