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Historic Place
Regency Suspension Bridge (1976)
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About this site
Regency Suspension Bridge is a historic place in Regency, Mills County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 2 historic places documented in Mills County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 38 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.4105, -98.8463 near Regency. The nearest cataloged historic site is Regency Suspension Bridge (historical marker), about 4.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jones Valley Cemetery, Buffalo-Ebony Cemetery, and Site of Chesser Valley Community.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2076002052. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Regency Suspension Bridge, nicknamed the 'Swinging Bridge,' carries a one-lane gravel road over the Colorado River between Mills and San Saba counties near the community of Regency. Built in 1939 by the Austin Bridge Company with about ninety percent of the work done by hand, its main span stretches 343 feet. Two earlier bridges here failed—one collapsing in 1924 and another destroyed by a 1936 flood—and in 2005 the Regency became the last suspension bridge in Texas still open to automobile traffic.
Also at or near Regency, Mills County
“Regency Suspension Bridge” names 2 distinct records in Mills County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1976 in Regency. The others:
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Historical Marker
Regency Suspension Bridge
Goldthwaite · 1997
Historical Marker
Buffalo-Ebony Cemetery
Goldthwaite · 1992
Cemetery
Jones Valley Cemetery
Ratler · 2020
Historical Marker
Site of Chesser Valley Community
Mullin · 2002
Cemetery
Big Valley
Mills County
Cemetery
Williams Ranch Cemetery
Mullin · 2011
Historical Marker
Williams, John
Mullin · 1976
Historical Marker
Mullin United Methodist Church
Mullin · 1977