Bull Hide Creek Iron Bridge
Lorena, McLennan County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Manufactured by the El Paso Bridge and Iron Company of El Paso, Texas, this metal truss bridge was erected over Bull Hide Creek at Winan's Crossing in 1914. The 69-foot Warren pony truss bridge includes a 16-foot timber deck, concrete piers, and timber approach spans. It provided an important transportation connection for residents of the Mabel, Levi, and Cottonwood communities for most of the 20th century. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1994
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Erected in 1914 over Bull Hide Creek at Winan's Crossing, this 69-foot Warren pony truss bridge was built by the El Paso Bridge and Iron Company with a timber deck and concrete piers. For most of the twentieth century it linked the rural Mabel, Levi, and Cottonwood communities. It stands as a fine surviving example of early metal-truss road engineering.
Why it matters
Such small county bridges were the quiet infrastructure that stitched together rural America in the automobile age.
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