TexasEscapes.com HOME Welcome to Texas Escapes
A magazine written by Texas
Custom Search
New   |   Texas Towns   |   Ghost Towns   |   Counties   |   Trips   |   Features   |   Columns   |   Architecture   |   Images   |   Archives   |   Site Map

Architecture
Texas Architecture

Counties
Texas Counties


Texas Towns
A - Z



Texas | Architecture

TEXAS BRIDGES

Texas Spans
(occasionally over water)

Table of Content:

  • List of Texas Bridges

  • Featured Texas Bridges

  • Building Bridges

  • Texas Bridge Stories

  • Bridges Across America
  • Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson

    FEATURED Texas Bridges


    series 13
    Series 13
    11-30-21
    Vintage Photos

    A Gallery of Forgotten Texas Bridges

    Series
    1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

    Beauchamp Collection
    Postcards circa 1910



    Texas Old Bridges

    Dan Whatley Collection




    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.

    Wreck
  • The wreck of the "Don Milo" and other Hallettsville R.R. History by Murray Montgomery 2-13-24
  • foot bridge
  • San Antonio - Harry Wurzbach Old Foot Bridge 7-20-23
  • Bastrop Iron
  • Bastrop - Clorado River Old Iron Bridge
  • Bastrop main
  • Bastrop - Main Street Bridge
  • Wilson County Labatt Road & other Pony Truss Bridges 1-11-21
  • RR bridge
  • La Grange Railroad Bridge Train Wreck 1-20-17
  • Thru Truss
  • La Grange Colorado River Thru Truss Bridge 1-20-17
  • Comal
  • Comal County US281 Guadalupe River Bridge 1-1-16
  • Bosque County CR4105 Pony Bridge 9-18-15
  • CR 303
  • Falls County CR303 Poole Creek Wood Pony Bridge 6-1-15
  • Falls County CR481 Wood Pony Bridge 6-13-15
  • CR481
    Canadian River
  • Canadian River Bridge Hutchinson County 4-8-15
  • Canadian River Wagon Bridge 4-12-15
  • Wagon Bridge
  • Bonnie & Clyde "Red River Plunge" Bridge 2-4-15
  • Collingsworth County Salt Fork Red River Bridge 2-4-15
  • Harbor Bridge
  • Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge 2-1-15
  • Wilson County Through Truss Bridge CR 401 1-12-15
  • Wilson Co
    TX Waldrip Bridge
  • Waldrip Bridge - CR220 Colorado River Bridge11-5-14
  • Cooke County Sandy Creek Through Truss Bridge, Callisburg TX 12-12-14
  • Sandy Creek Bridge
  • Kendall County Railroad Through Truss Bridge near Waring 6-25-14
  • Moore's Crossing Bridge, Austin, Texas 1-19-13
  • Moore's Crossing
    Brazos
  • Brown County CR 306 Pony Bridge 5-1-12
  • Williamson County Through Truss Bridge on CR366 7-8-12
  • Waller/Austin County Line - Brazos River Railroad Bridge 11-18-11
  • Williamson Co
    Ballinger bridges
  • Ballinger Texas Bridges & Crossings 7-20-11
  • Wilson County - Mueller Bridge 12-10-10
  • Colorado County Covered Bridge 11-19-10
  • Mueller Bridge
    Wallis
  • Wallis Texas Brazos River Railroad Thru Truss Bridge 5-18-10
  • Bee County Medio Creek Bridge 8-16-10
  • Gonzales County 1915 Through Truss Bridge 8-17-10
  • Medio Creek Bridge
    Granger Lake bridges
  • Williamson County Granger Lake - Hoxie & Friendship Bridges1-23-10
  • Brazoria RR Swing Bridge & Triple Truss Bridge 3-4-10
  • Coupland Williamson County
  • Coupland - Williamson County CR456 Thru Truss Bridge 1-21-10
  • Soda Springs - Caldwell County CR130 Lenticular Bridge 1-12-10
  • Soda Sptings Caldwell County
    Falls County
  • Falls County Texas CR268 Wood Pony Bridge 12-19-09
  • Erath County Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge 12-26-09
  • Wied - Smothers Creek Through Truss Bridge 10-8-09
  • 1884 Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge 9-27-09
  • Wichita Falls
  • Wichita Falls Bridges 6-11-09
  • Hamilton County Bridges 5-1-08
    CR 103 | CR106 | CR210 | CR222 | CR617 Pony Truss Bridge |
  • Knox County Through Truss Bridge over Brazos River 4-14-09


  • List of Texas Bridges


  • Adamsville - Lampasas River Through Truss Bridge
  • Addicks - Bear Creek Bridge
  • Albion - Red River Bridge
  • Altair - Colorado River Bridge
  • Alton - Denton County
  • Arthur City - Red River Railroad Bridge
  • Austin - Montopolis Bridge
  • Austin - Pennybacker Bridge Feature
  • Ballinger Texas Bridges & Crossings
  • Bastrop - Clorado River Old Iron Bridge
  • Bastrop - Main Street Bridge
  • Beaumont - Neches River Rainbow Bridge, Veteran's Memorial Bridge & Railroad Drawbridge
  • Beaumont - The Railroad Lift Bridge
  • Bell County Iron Bridges on Sunshine Road
  • Benjamin - Closed Railroad Trestle
  • Blanco - CCC Stone Arch Bridge
  • Blanket - Brown County Covered Bridge
  • Bluff Dale - Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge Feature
  • Boerne - Cibolo Creek Bridge
  • Borger - Swinging Bridge across Canyon near Borger
  • Bosque County CR4105 Pony Bridge
  • Brazoria Railroad Swing Bridge & Triple Truss Bridge Feature
  • Brazos Country - Brazos River Railroad Bridge
  • Brazos Point - Brazos River Bridge
  • Bridge City - Rainbow Bridge
  • Bridge City - Veteran's Memorial Bridge
  • Brown County CR 306 Pony Bridge Feature
  • Bryant Station
  • Burkett - Through Truss Bridge
  • Caddo (Stephens County) Pony Bridge
  • Calaveras - Railroad bridge over Calararas Creek & Old bridge over San Antonio River
  • Caldwell County - Luling 1931 Plum Creek Bridge Feature
  • Caldwell County rural bridge near Lockhart
  • Callisburg - Cooke County Sandy Creek Thru Truss Bridge Feature
  • Cameron - McGowan Bridge Over Little River
  • Canadian - Canadian River Wagon Bridge Feature
  • Carancahua
  • Carpenter's Bluff Bridge - Bridging Texas and Oklahoma
  • Clear 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
  • Coleman County - 1936 Pony Bridge on CR140, Near Camp Colorado
  • Colorado County Covered Bridge
  • Colorado County - Ehlinger Bridge, razed Feature
  • Comal County US281 Guadalupe River Bridge Feature
  • Copano Bay Causeway
  • Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge
  • Corpus Christi drawbridge
  • Corpus Christi Causeway Bridge
  • Coupland - Williamson County CR456 Thru Truss Bridge
  • Dallas' Bridge Of Harmony
  • Deming's Bridge
  • Dime Box - former railroad bridge
  • Dubina - Piano Bridge
  • East Columbia - Brazos River railroad swing bridge
  • Eagle Pass - The railroad bridge joining Piedras Negras with Eagle Pass
  • Eagle Pass - Bridge at Fort Duncan
  • Earle - Medio Creek Bridge
  • East Sweden Pony Truss Bridge Feature
  • Eliasville - Brazos River Bridge
  • Ellis County - The Endangered Spring Creek Bridge
    Another Piece of Texas to be Replaced by "Progress"
  • Eulogy - Brazos River Bridge
  • Falls County CR303 Poole Creek Wood Pony Bridge
  • Falls County CR268 Wood Pony Bridge
  • Fayette County - Cummins Creek Bridge
  • Fort Griffin Bridges Feature
  • Fort Richardson State Park
  • Fred Hartman Bridge Feature
  • Gainesville - The Red River Bridge
  • Gainesville - Elm Bridge
  • Glen Flora - Colorado River bridge ruins
  • Goldthwaite - SH16 Through Truss Bridge over Colorado River 10-7-18
  • Goliad County - Bridge Available for Adoption
  • Granjeño - Bridge to Mexico under construction
  • Granny's Neck - DeSpain Bridge Historical Marker
  • Green Elm Cemetery Haunted Bridge Feature
  • Greenwood - Pony Bridge
  • Groesbeck - Navasota River bridge near Fort Parker
  • Hallettsville - CR130 Bridge
  • Hamilton - Bullman Bridge, Leon River, bowstring bridge.
  • Hamilton - Bridge over Bear Creek
  • Hico - Bosque River Bridge & Railroad Bridge
  • Hidalgo - Hidalgo Reynosa International Bridge
  • Hunter - MKT Railroad Bridge
  • Huntsville - Park bridge
  • Imperial Through Truss Bridge, Pecos River Feature
  • Inks Lake Bridge
  • International Bridge connecting Brownsville with Matamoros
  • Iron bridge between Goliad and Beeville
  • Irving - Twin Wells Bridge
  • Joppa Iron Bridge, circa 1911
  • Joppa Iron Bridge II
  • Junction - South Llano (Through Truss) Bridge
  • Kendall County Railroad Through Truss Bridge near Waring Feature
  • Kirtley Railroad Bridge
  • Knippa - Bridge west of Knippa
  • Knox City - Knox County Through Truss Bridge over Brazos River
  • Kosse - Big Elm Creek Bridge
  • Krum
  • La Grange Railroad Bridge Train Wreck Feature
  • La Grange Colorado River Thru Truss Bridge Feature
  • Lagarto Ferry Bridge - Underwater bridge exposed
  • Langtry, Val Verde County - Pecos River Bridge Feature
  • Lavaca County - Old Iron Bridges Feature
  • Leon Springs
  • Liberty Bridge
  • Limestone County - State Highway 14 on Navasota River
  • Llano River Roy Inks Bridge
  • Llano Texas Railroad Through Truss Bridge
  • Lockhart State Park
  • Leo - Cooke County bypassed bridge
  • Lone Wolf Bridge
  • Luxello
  • Mason - Broad Street Bridge
  • Matagorda - New Bridge & Old Draw Bridge
  • Maxdale - Through Truss Bridge
  • McQueeney - Guadalupe River Railroad Bridge
  • Mikeska
  • Milam County - 1911 Through Truss Bridge over San Gabriel River Feature
  • Moulton - Moore Ave. Bridge
  • Nacogdoches County - Goodman Pony Truss Bridge
  • Normanna - Medio Creek Bridge
  • New Braunfels - Faust Street Bridge c1887 Feature
  • Newcastle - Suspension Bridge
  • Oakland Bridge on Navadad River
  • Oso - Pine Springs Cemetery Bridge
  • Palacios, Texas
  • Peacock - Oriana Camelback Truss Bridge over Brazos River Feature
  • Pecos High Bridge
  • Pecos River Toll Bridge between Rankin & Iraan
  • Port Arthur - Gulfgate Bridge aka Martin Luther King Bridge Feature
  • The Possum Kingdom Masonry Arch Bridge Feature
  • Pottsville - A bridge over Cowhouse Creek
  • Rainbow - Brazos River Bridge
  • Raisin
  • Ray Point Bridges
  • Regency Bridge Feature
  • Regency - Colorado River Bridge Feature
  • Richland Springs - Cotton Belt Road Bridge
  • Richmond - Railroad Bridge
  • Rio Hondo - Draw Bridge
  • Roma - The International Bridge, one of the few remaining suspension bridges in Texas
  • Rosebud - Carnegie Bridge Feature
  • Rusk Footbridge
  • Roxton Bridges Feature
  • Sabinal - Railroad Bridge
  • San Antonio River Bridge, Missions Trail
  • San 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 County CR 110 San Saba River Through Truss Bridge Feature
  • San Saba County CR 204 San Saba River Through Truss Bridge Feature
  • San Saba River Bridge, Voca, McCulloch County
  • San Antonio - Berg's Mill Bridge Feature
  • San Antonio - Harry Wurzbach Old Foot Bridge Feature
  • San Antonion - Hays Street Bridge Feature
  • San Antonio - New Braunfels Avenue Bridge Feature
  • San Diego Bridges
  • Sargent - Swing Bridge
  • Sergovia 1938 Through Truss Bridge
  • Seguin - Miller Bridge or Weinot Bridge
  • Shackelford County - FM601 Through Truss Bridge over Hubbard Creek
  • Shiner - Bridge over Boggy Creek
  • Simmons - Nueces River old bridge
  • Smithville’s (2nd) Colorado River Bridge 1915-1950 Feature
  • Smithville’s (1st) Colorado River Bridge 1900
  • Soda Springs - Caldwell County CR130 Lenticular Bridge
  • Somerville Bridges
  • Spade - Closed bridge
  • Spofford - Three Railroad Bridges
  • Sterling City
  • Study Butte, Brewster County - bridge
  • Sugar Land
  • Sugarloaf Bridge of Milam County Feature
  • Throckmorton Bridge
  • Throckmorton County - Clear Fork of the Brazos River Suspension Bridge Feature
  • The Trinity River Railroad Swing Bridge Feature
  • The Old Trinity River Highway Span Feature
  • Tilden
  • Tuleta - Medio Creek Bridge
  • Uvalde Railroad Bridge
  • Valley Mills, Bosque County - Bosque River Bridge
  • Valley Wells Cemetery - Former Nueces River Bridge
  • Victoria - Guadalupe River Bridge
  • Waco Bridges Feature
  • Waco - Waco Suspension Bridge c. 1870, Brazos River Feature
  • Waco - Waco Steel Bridge AKA The Washington Street Bridge, The Iron Bridge c. 1902, Brazos River Feature
  • Waldrip Bridge - CR220 Colorado River Through Truss Bridge Feature
  • Waller/Austin County Line - Brazos River Railroad Bridge Feature
  • Wallis Texas Brazos River Railroad Thru Truss Bridge Feature
  • Waxahachie
  • Weser - Bridge washed awayr
  • Weslaco - The Bridge to Rio Rico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  • Wharton - Colorado River Bridge, Wharton
  • Wichita County Receiver Bridge
  • Wied - Smothers Creek Through Truss Bridge Feature
  • Wilson County - Mueller Bridge Feature
  • Williamson County Through Truss Bridge on CR366 Feature
  • Williamson County CR366 Bridge
  • Williamson County Granger Lake - Hoxie & Friendship Bridges Feature
  • Woodson Suspension Bridge Feature


  • Building Bridges


  • Adventures in Bridge Excavations Feature
    by Bob Mohel
    "The Last of the True Road Hands"

  • "The Last of the True Road Hands" Feature
    The Bob Mohel Saga by John Troesser

  • Texas 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. Eckhardt

  • The 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..."


    Poems:

  • Railroad Bridge by David Knape

  • County Bridges by David Knape


  • Bridges Across America

  • Four 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.

  • Covered Bridges
    by Ken Rudine
  • Vermont, Maple Surple and Covered Bridges

  • Mary's River Covered Bridge, Chester IL
  • Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, Goldman, MO
  • Bureau County Red Covered Bridge, Princeton IL
  • Sugar Creek Covered Bridge, Springfield IL

  • Bridges of Madison County
  • Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge, Madison County
  • Kansas' Route 66 Bridge. Baxter Springs, Kansas

  • Photos by Stephen Michaels:
  • Pollard Gulch, Whiskytown-Shasta-Trinity National Forest
  • Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls, Idaho
  • Missoula, Montana

  • 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


    More
    Texas Architecture

    New

    FM601 bridge
  • Shackelford County - FM601 Through Truss Bridge over Hubbard Creek 1-30-19
  • Beaumont
  • Beaumont - Neches River Rainbow Bridge, Veteran's Memorial Bridge & Railroad Drawbridge 11-26-18
  • Plum Creek
  • Caldwell County - Luling 1931 Plum Creek Bridge 11-4-18
  • Goldthwaite SH16
  • Goldthwaite - SH16 Through Truss Bridge over Colorado River 10-7-18
  • Milam County - 1911 Through Truss Bridge over San Gabriel River 9-1-18
  • Bridgetown
  • Wichita County- Receiver Bridge 8-5-18
  • Coleman Co CR 140
  • Coleman County - 1936 Pony Bridge on CR140 2-24-18
  • Sabine-Neches Ship Canal, Port Arthur , Texas
  • Gulfgate Bridge aka Martin Luther King Bridge
  • Cummings Creek
  • Fayette County - Cummings Creek Bridge 10-28-17
  • Forgotten Texas Bridges: Series 11 7-1-17
  • Caddo
  • Caddo Pony Bridge 7-10-17
  • stone
  • Blanco - CCC Stone Arch Bridge 7-8-17
  • Erath County CR 270 Pony and Through Truss Bridges 6-4-17
  • Austin - Pennybacker Bridge 5-12-17

  •  

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


    Texas Escapes Online Magazine »   Archive Issues » Home »
    TEXAS TOWNS & COUNTIES TEXAS LANDMARKS & IMAGES TEXAS HISTORY & CULTURE TEXAS OUTDOORS MORE
    Texas Counties
    Texas Towns A-Z
    Texas Ghost Towns

    TEXAS REGIONS:
    Central Texas North
    Central Texas South
    Texas Gulf Coast
    Texas Panhandle
    Texas Hill Country
    East Texas
    South Texas
    West Texas

    Courthouses
    Jails
    Churches
    Schoolhouses
    Bridges
    Theaters
    Depots
    Rooms with a Past
    Monuments
    Statues

    Gas Stations
    Post Offices
    Museums
    Water Towers
    Grain Elevators
    Cotton Gins
    Lodges
    Stores
    Banks

    Vintage Photos
    Historic Trees
    Cemeteries
    Old Neon
    Ghost Signs
    Signs
    Murals
    Gargoyles
    Pitted Dates
    Cornerstones
    Then & Now

    Columns: History/Opinion
    Texas History
    Small Town Sagas
    Black History
    WWII
    Texas Centennial
    Ghosts
    People
    Animals
    Food
    Music
    Art

    Books
    Cotton
    Texas Railroads

    Texas Trips
    Texas Drives
    Texas State Parks
    Texas Rivers
    Texas Lakes
    Texas Forts
    Texas Trails
    Texas Maps
    USA
    MEXICO
    HOTELS

    Site Map
    About Us
    Privacy Statement
    Disclaimer
    Contributors
    Staff
    Contact Us

     
    Website Content Copyright Texas Escapes LLC. All Rights Reserved