Marker Inscription
Engineering
Historic Place
US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River (Gone)
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About this site
US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River (Gone) is a historic place in Wellington, Collingsworth County, dedicated in 1996. It is one of 20 historic sites cataloged in Collingsworth County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 34.9577, -100.2213 near Wellington. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bonnie and Clyde, Red River Plunge of (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rocking Chair "Ranche", Collingsworth County, and Lutie School.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2096001117. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This Parker through-truss bridge carried US 83 over the Salt Fork of the Red River near Wellington in Collingsworth County. Built in 1939 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. for the Texas Highway Department, it stood near the 1933 spot where Bonnie and Clyde's car plunged into the river during a near-capture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 and demolished in 2012 after a replacement bridge was completed.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtexasescapes.comtexastimetravel.com
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