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Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

[Part of Robert Summers's sculpture, "The Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage," near the historic Waco Suspension Bridge, now a pedestrian and bicyclists' bridge across the Brazos River in Waco, Texas]

[Part of Robert Summers's sculpture, "The Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage...

Title from related image: LC-DIG-highsm-29746. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; The... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Clearfork of Brazos River, Albany vicinity), Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX

Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...

Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More

The historic Waco Suspension Bridge, now a pedestrian and bicyclists' bridge across the Brazos River in Waco, Texas

The historic Waco Suspension Bridge, now a pedestrian and bicyclists' ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For many years, cattle were driven across the suspension bridge in its early days, when it was covered with dirt. It is now lined wit... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Part of Robert Summers's sculpture, "The Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage," near the historic Waco Suspension Bridge, now a pedestrian and bicyclists' bridge across the Brazos River in Waco, Texas

Part of Robert Summers's sculpture, "The Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage,...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The full sculpture depicts several cowboys and a Mexican vaquero driving longhorn cattle. Cattle were in fact driven across the suspe... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route 16, Graford, Palo Pinto County, TX

Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at State Route...

Significance: The Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge is the longest and most substantial masonry arch bridge in Texas. State highway engineers chose the heavy masonry form to withstand flood waters released from... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, McLennan County, TX

Waco Suspension Bridge, Spanning Brazos River at Bridge Street, Waco, ...

Significance: When completed in 1869, the 475'-0"-long Waco Suspension Bridge was the state's first major suspension bridge. The first bridge to span the Brazos River, it originally featured two castellated pi... More

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 188, Fort Griffin, Shackelford County, TX

Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at...

Significance: The Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge is the oldest functioning bridge in Shackelford County, Texas, and one of the state's oldest remaining trusses. It is also the last remaining pin-connected Prat... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, TX

Richmond Bridge, US 90A at Brazos River, Richmond, Fort Bend County, T...

Significance: The Richmond Bridge was an important element in the first Federally-assisted highway connecting Houston, and San Antonio, two of Texas' major metropolitan areas. Its construction marked the first... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of Brazos River at County Route 179, Albany, Shackelford County, TX

Clear Fork of Brazos River Suspension Bridge, Spanning Clear Fork of B...

Significance: The Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension bridge is one of seven surviving bridges in Texas that predate 1940. As one of three examples of the work by William Flinn of Weatherford, Texas, it preser... More

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County Route 109, Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX

Ward Brazos River Bridge, Spanning Salt Fork of Brazos River at County...

Significance: The Ward River Bridge is a 787'-0"-long, eleven-span truss bridge crossing the Salt Fork of the Brazos River's wide flood plain. The structure employes eight spans of pin-connected Pratt pony tru... More

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