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US 190 Bridge at the Colorado River
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About this site
US 190 Bridge at the Colorado River is a historic place in Lometa, Lampasas County, dedicated in 1996. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.2186, -98.5655 near Lometa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chadwick's Mill (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hardy, Brister, and Chadwick.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2096001125. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This continuous through-truss bridge carries U.S. Route 190 across the Colorado River between Lampasas and San Saba counties near Lometa. Built in 1939-1940 by Cage Brothers and L.A. Turner to a Texas Highway Department design, with steel fabricated by the Virginia Bridge Company, it replaced the Red Bluff Bridge that a July 1938 flood had damaged. About 1,295 feet long, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orghistoricbridges.orglivingnewdeal.org
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