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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. |
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
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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
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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.
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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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