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North Bosque River Bridge, Spanning North Bosque River at State Highway 6, Clairette, Erath County, TX

North Bosque River Bridge, Spanning North Bosque River at State Highwa...

Significance: The North Bosque River bridge is a fine example of the Texas Highway Department's development of standard bridge designs. The rise of state highway departments marks the decline of the entreprene... More

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southwestern Railroad, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N525 Survey number: HAER TX-78

South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel River at Georgetown at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: Continuous steel girder bridges with suspended spans. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the North San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of ... More

East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schulenburg, Fayette County, TX

East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schu...

Significance: One of only a small number of concrete cantilever bridges constructed by the Texas Highway Department, this 199' long bridge also has unusual ornamental concrete railings. Unprocessed Field note ... More

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockhart, Caldwell County, TX

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockh...

Biography of William Payson is included as addendum to original documentation. Significance: The Kelley Crossing Bridge is one of two lenticular trusses that survive in Caldwell County and one of a cluster of e... More

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, Mason County, TX

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, M...

Significance: The Broad Street Bridge, a concrete truss, is the only surviving example of this uncommon type in Texas. It is also one of very few bridges built by the Alamo Construction Company surviving in Te... More

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, Mason County, TX

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, M...

Significance: The Broad Street Bridge, a concrete truss, is the only surviving example of this uncommon type in Texas. It is also one of very few bridges built by the Alamo Construction Company surviving in Te... More

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Brown County, TX

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Brown County, TX

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Brown County, TX

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel River at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: A continuous bridge with a suspended span. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the South San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of I-beams. T... More

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel River at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: A continuous bridge with a suspended span. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the South San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of I-beams. T... More

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood County, TX

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, S...

Survey number: HAER TX-101 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trinity River Bridge, Spanning Trinity River at East Belknap Street (U.S. Highway 377), Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX

Trinity River Bridge, Spanning Trinity River at East Belknap Street (U...

Significance: This structure, which exhibits several unique design elements, is one of only four known examples of a reinforced concrete cantilever span bridge constructed by the Texas Highway Department. Alon... More

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southwestern Railroad, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N525 Survey number: HAER TX-78

South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel River at Georgetown at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: Continuous steel girder bridges with suspended spans. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the North San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of ... More

Lamar-McKinney Street Viaduct, Spanning Trinity River at Continental Street, Dallas, Dallas County, TX

Lamar-McKinney Street Viaduct, Spanning Trinity River at Continental S...

Significance: A major viaduct over the Trinity River in Dallas, the bridge was one element of a comprehensive levee and viaduct construction plan designed to eliminate the Trinity River as a barrier to transpor... More

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockhart, Caldwell County, TX

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockh...

Biography of William Payson is included as addendum to original documentation. Significance: The Kelley Crossing Bridge is one of two lenticular trusses that survive in Caldwell County and one of a cluster of e... More

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, Mason County, TX

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, M...

Significance: The Broad Street Bridge, a concrete truss, is the only surviving example of this uncommon type in Texas. It is also one of very few bridges built by the Alamo Construction Company surviving in Te... More

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, Mason County, TX

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, M...

Significance: The Broad Street Bridge, a concrete truss, is the only surviving example of this uncommon type in Texas. It is also one of very few bridges built by the Alamo Construction Company surviving in Te... More

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, Mason County, TX

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, M...

Significance: The Broad Street Bridge, a concrete truss, is the only surviving example of this uncommon type in Texas. It is also one of very few bridges built by the Alamo Construction Company surviving in Te... More

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Brown County, TX

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel River at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: A continuous bridge with a suspended span. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the South San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of I-beams. T... More

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood County, TX

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, S...

Survey number: HAER TX-101 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trinity River Bridge, Spanning Trinity River at East Belknap Street (U.S. Highway 377), Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX

Trinity River Bridge, Spanning Trinity River at East Belknap Street (U...

Significance: This structure, which exhibits several unique design elements, is one of only four known examples of a reinforced concrete cantilever span bridge constructed by the Texas Highway Department. Alon... More

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southwestern Railroad, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N525 Survey number: HAER TX-78

East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schulenburg, Fayette County, TX

East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schu...

Significance: One of only a small number of concrete cantilever bridges constructed by the Texas Highway Department, this 199' long bridge also has unusual ornamental concrete railings. Unprocessed Field note ... More

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, TX

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, T...

Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. T... More

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, TX

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, T...

Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. T... More

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, TX

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, T...

Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. T... More

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, TX

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, T...

Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. T... More

Lamar-McKinney Street Viaduct, Spanning Trinity River at Continental Street, Dallas, Dallas County, TX

Lamar-McKinney Street Viaduct, Spanning Trinity River at Continental S...

Significance: A major viaduct over the Trinity River in Dallas, the bridge was one element of a comprehensive levee and viaduct construction plan designed to eliminate the Trinity River as a barrier to transpor... More

Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...

Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Brown County, TX

Continental Grain Company, 307 South Washington Street, Brownwood, Bro...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Brownwood's prime location as a major stop on the Santa Fe Railroad in the first part of the twentieth century, and its geographical situ... More

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockhart, Caldwell County, TX

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockh...

Biography of William Payson is included as addendum to original documentation. Significance: The Kelley Crossing Bridge is one of two lenticular trusses that survive in Caldwell County and one of a cluster of e... More

North Bosque River Bridge, Spanning North Bosque River at State Highway 6, Clairette, Erath County, TX

North Bosque River Bridge, Spanning North Bosque River at State Highwa...

Significance: The North Bosque River bridge is a fine example of the Texas Highway Department's development of standard bridge designs. The rise of state highway departments marks the decline of the entreprene... More

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, Mason County, TX

Broad Street Bridge, Spanning Comanche Creek at Broad Street, Mason, M...

Significance: The Broad Street Bridge, a concrete truss, is the only surviving example of this uncommon type in Texas. It is also one of very few bridges built by the Alamo Construction Company surviving in Te... More

Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street Bridge, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...

Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel River at Georgetown at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

South San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning South Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: Continuous steel girder bridges with suspended spans. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the North San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of ... More

Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Augusta Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Augusta Street, S...

Survey number: HAER TX-101 Public domain photograph of a bridge over the river, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Choctaw Creek Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek, Bells, Grayson County, TX

Choctaw Creek Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek, Bells, Grayson County, T...

Significance: The Choctaw Creek Bridge is the only known surviving example of a Greer patent suspension bridge. It is also part of a much larger population of suspension bridges that once existed throughout no... More

Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...

Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513

East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schulenburg, Fayette County, TX

East Navidad River Bridge, Spanning East Navidad River at FM1579, Schu...

Significance: One of only a small number of concrete cantilever bridges constructed by the Texas Highway Department, this 199' long bridge also has unusual ornamental concrete railings. Unprocessed Field note ... More

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, TX

McKee Street Bridge, Spanning Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Harris County, T...

Significance: Spanning Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas, the carnival-colored McKee Street Bridge is one of the few examples of a structure in which cantilever and anchor members form a true continuous girder. T... More

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel River at Business Route 35, Georgetown, Williamson County, TX

North San Gabriel River Bridge, Spanning North Fork of San Gabriel Riv...

Significance: A continuous bridge with a suspended span. The unique steel picket fence has a ring motif. Identical to the South San Gabriel River Bridge, except for some variation in the number of I-beams. T... More

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood County, TX

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockhart, Caldwell County, TX

Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockh...

Biography of William Payson is included as addendum to original documentation. Significance: The Kelley Crossing Bridge is one of two lenticular trusses that survive in Caldwell County and one of a cluster of e... More

Choctaw Creek Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek, Bells, Grayson County, TX

Choctaw Creek Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek, Bells, Grayson County, T...

Significance: The Choctaw Creek Bridge is the only known surviving example of a Greer patent suspension bridge. It is also part of a much larger population of suspension bridges that once existed throughout no... More

Choctaw Creek Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek, Bells, Grayson County, TX

Choctaw Creek Bridge, Spanning Choctaw Creek, Bells, Grayson County, T...

Significance: The Choctaw Creek Bridge is the only known surviving example of a Greer patent suspension bridge. It is also part of a much larger population of suspension bridges that once existed throughout no... More

Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street Bridge, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...

Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood County, TX

Rock Church Suspension Bridge, Spanning Paluxy River, Tolar, Hood Coun...

Significance: One of the remaining vernacular suspension bridges in Texas, the Rock Church bridge is an example of a combination cable and stayed truss, an obsolete engineering design. Unprocessed Field note m... More

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southwestern Railroad, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N525 Survey number: HAER TX-78

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