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The Regency Bridge, locally known as the "Swinging Bridge," is a one-lane suspension bridge over the Colorado River in Texas. It is located at the intersection of Mills County Road 433 and San Saba County Road 137, both gravel roads, near a small community called Regency. The bridge spans the Colorado River between Mills and San Saba counties. [2]
Lenticular truss bridge. Included in Brackenridge Park Historic District listing. Brazoria Bridge: 1939 1991-06-14 Brazoria: Brazoria: Parker through truss: Bunton Branch Bridge: 1915, 1917, 1932 2002-02-19 Kyle
Gunter was founded in 1902 (other sources report 1901, with a post office as early as 1898) when the family of John (a/k/a Jot) Gunter deeded 328 acres (1.33 km 2) for the original townsite, near the intersection of current State Highway 289 and Farm to Market Road 121. The first residence was established in 1903 by Albert Earthman, who would ...
In the latest Texas history column, Ken Bridges looks back on the life and career of Bob Wills and his lasting impact on the world of music Bridges: A deeper dive into native Texas Bob Wills Skip ...
TX-46: Beveridge Bridge [a] Bypassed Suspension: 1896 1996 CR 112 San Saba River: San Saba: San Saba: TX-47: Sabine River Bridge Replaced 2015 [3] Steel built-up girder: 1936 1996 US 84: Sabine River: Joaquin, Texas, and Logansport, Louisiana
In 1921, ownership passed to the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (KO&G), which maintained the line until 1965, when the company ceased operations in Texas due to declining rail traffic. [8] The Texas and Pacific Railway maintained the bridge for a brief time and then deeded it to the counties of Grayson and Bryan. County commissioners agreed ...
Construction on the Rainbow bridge, a cantilever truss bridge, began in 1936.It was contracted under the guidance of the Texas State Highway Department.Due to concerns by the upstream city of Beaumont about the bridge posing a threat to ship navigation, the Rainbow Bridge was built with a 680-foot (210 m) main span.
The bridge, named for Fred Hartman (1908–1991), the editor and publisher of the Baytown Sun from 1950 to 1974, is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Texas and one of only four such bridges in the state, the others being Veterans Memorial Bridge in Orange County, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, and Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge in Erath ...