Rating:
33256
{89}%
5 votes
Waco Suspension Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
BH Photo #115067
Description
First bridge to cross the Brazos River.
Largest bridge of its type in the South.
Located Off the Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd between Taylor & Elm Streets
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over the Brazos River on Bridge Street in Waco
- Location
- Waco, McLennan County, Texas
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1869-70; rehabilitated 1914; rehabilitated again 2022
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1970
- Also called
- The Old Swinging Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.56112, -97.12723 (decimal degrees)
31°33'40" N, 97°07'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/677744/3493311 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 70000850 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33256 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 28, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
- February 26, 2018: New photo from David Shedlock
- February 14, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- March 27, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- November 15, 2012: New photos from Brent Tindall
- February 14, 2011: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Adjusted GPS coordinates
- June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record
Bridge rehabilitation is almost complete