Note: Completion year and longest suspended span length may not be known for all bridges listed below.
Also, span lengths are sometimes estimated based on satellite imagery.
Year Completed |
Bridge |
Location |
Crossing - Feature |
Coordinates |
Longest Suspended Span (meters) |
Images |
Year Completed |
Bridge |
Location |
Crossing - Feature |
Coordinates |
Longest Suspended Span (meters) |
Images |
1869 | (footbridge) | Salado, Texas, USA | Salado Creek - Salado College | | | |
1869 | Waco | Waco, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 31.561314 N 97.127063 W | 144.78 | Images |
1893 | Dennis | Dennis, Texas, USA | Brazos River | | | |
1896 | Beveridge | San Saba, Texas, USA | San Saba River | 31.21083 N 98.74083 W | | Images |
1896 | Clear Fork Of The Brazos | Woodson vicinity, Shackelford County, Texas, USA | Clear Fork Brazos River | 32.921611 N 99.167944 W | | Images |
1897 | Pease River | Vernon, Texas, USA | Pease River | 34.179209 N 99.323843 W | | |
1904 | Brazos | Brazos, Texas, USA | Brazos River | | 91.44 | |
1904 | Dark Valley | Graford and Palo Pinto, Texas, USA | Brazos River | | 76.2 | |
1906 | Brannon's Crossing | Weatherford vicinity, Parker County, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 32.66256 N 98.03288 W | 134.11 | Images |
1906 | Tin Top (Hightower Valley) | Tin Top, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 32.575956 N 97.822697 W | 121.92 | Images |
1908 | Newcastle | Newcastle, Texas, USA | Brazos River | | 213.36 | |
1908 | South Bend | South Bend, Texas, USA | Brazos River | | 121.92 | |
1909 | Pease River | Vernon, Texas, USA | Pease River | 34.179636 N 99.324038 W | | |
1914 | 98th Meridian (Byers) | Byers, Texas and Temple, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | 34.124507 N 98.214251 W | 172.82 | |
1917 | Rock Church | Tolar vicinity, Hood County, Texas, USA | Paluxy River | 32.301402 N 97.957657 W | | Images |
1917 | Terral-Ringgold | Ringgold, Texas and Terral, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | 33.878143 N 97.934776 W | 137.16 | |
1923 | 98th Meridian (Byers) | Byers vicinity, Texas and Temple, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | 34.127249 N 98.214114 W | | Images |
1924 | Nocona (Bluff, Ketchum Bluff, Ketchum's Bluff) | Nocona vicinity, Texas and Jefferson County, Oklahoma, USA | Red River - Ketchum Bluff | 33.93579 N 97.75869 W | 213.36 | Images |
1925 | (pipeline bridge) | Byers vicinity, Texas, USA | Red River | | | |
1926 | Hidalgo-Reynosa International | Hidalgo, Texas, USA and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Rio Grande | | 137.16 | Images |
1927 | Bryan-Fannin (Telephone, Snow's Ferry, Bryant-Fannin) | Telephone, Bonham vicinity, Fannin County, Texas and Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | 33.844484 N 96.011125 W | | |
1927 | Durant-Bonham (Sowell's Bluff) | Bonham vicinity, Fannin County, Texas and Yuba/Durant vicinity, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | | | |
1927 | Saint Jo (Airline, Air-Line) | Illinois Bend, Saint Jo vicinity, Texas and Wilson vicinity, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | 33.917051 N 97.486010 W | 213.36 | |
1928 | (suspension bridge) | Rio Rico, Mexico and Mercedes, Texas, USA | Rio Grande | | 79.25 | |
1928 | Roma-Miguel Alemán International (Roma-San Pedro International) | Roma, Texas, USA and Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Mexico | Rio Grande | 26.403821 N 99.018856 W | 192 | |
1928 | Zapata | Zapata, Texas, USA and Ciudad Guerrero, Mexico | Rio Grande | | 165 | Images |
1929 | Idabel-Clarksville | Idabel vicinity, Oklahoma and Clarksville vicinity, Texas, USA | Red River | | 213.36 | |
1931 | Buchanan Dam | Buchanan Dam, Texas, USA | Colorado River | | | |
1939 | (suspension bridge) | Bend, Texas, USA | Colorado River | | | |
1939 | Regency | Regency, Texas, USA | Colorado River | 31.41167 N 98.84667 W | 103.63 | Images |
1976 | (footbridge) | Lampasas, Texas, USA | Sulphur Creek | 31.05598 N 98.18108 W | 19.81 | Images |
2001 | (footbridge) | Houston, Texas, USA | ravine along Lake Carter | 29.77431 N 95.47557 W | 20.12 | |
2003 | Bob Mac's Crossing | Athens, Texas, USA | East Texas Arboretum | 32.207487 N 95.878114 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Belton vicinity, Texas, USA | Lampasas River - Chalk Ridge Falls Park | 31.018 N 97.525 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Del Rio, Texas, USA | | 29.369034 N 100.884902 W | 24.38 | Images |
| (footbridge) | El Paso, Texas, USA | Rio Grande | | | |
| (footbridge) | Graham, Texas, USA | Salt Creek - Fireman's Park | 33.113059 N 98.597555 W | | |
| (footbridge) | Wichita Falls, Texas, USA | Wichita River - Lucy Park | 33.917 N 98.51218 W | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Antioch vicinity, Texas, USA | Trinity River | 31.061728 N 95.651119 W | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Dayton Lakes vicinity, Texas, USA | Trinity River | 30.213426 N 94.825076 W | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Orchard vicinity, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 29.636886 N 95.980795 W | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Sealy and Brookshire, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 29.772165 N 96.036434 W | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Wallis vicinity, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 29.649584 N 96.024012 W | | |
| (pipeline bridge) | Wallis vicinity, Texas, USA | Brazos River | 29.648674 N 96.022830 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Bazette Crossing and Trinidad, Texas, USA | Trinity River | | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Decatur vicinity, Wise County, Texas, USA | Trinity River | | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Gainesville vicinity, Texas and Love County, Oklahoma, USA | Red River | 33.718156 N 97.129504 W | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Mineral Wells and Palo Pinto, Texas, USA | Brazos River | | | |
| (suspension bridge) | Opelika, Henderson County, Texas, USA | Kickapoo Creek | | | Images |
| Buffalo Bayou | Houston, Texas, USA | Buffalo Bayou - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens | 29.758388 N 95.421279 W | | |
| Choctaw Creek | Bells vicinity, Grayson County, Texas, USA | Choctaw Creek | 33.650717 N 96.480981 W | | Images |
| Dalton | Bloomington, Texas, USA | Guadalupe River | 28.658664 N 96.962659 W | | |
| Hamilton Dam | Blufton, Texas, USA | Colorado River | | | |
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