NEW PHOTOS FROM TEXAS

THE BULLMAN BRIDGE, HAMILTON COUNTY

We received two recent pictures of this bridge from Larry and Madra Sue Boyd who traveled to Hamilton County to find the bridge in March 2005. Hamilton County is planning to rehabilitate this handsome bowstring in the near future. These are shown below. Frank Sprague, Chairman of the County Historical Commission, to which our family charitable gift fund made a contribution in 2004.

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Pictures from the Boyd’s March 2005

Jim and Lou Kinsey had sent us similar pictures in 2003 which can be found in the Preservation section of our website under Texas. This bowstring is included in the Texas Historic Bridge Inventory.

Frank Sprague can be contacted at Sprague@htcomp.net, the Kinsey’s at kinsey@htcomp.net, and the Boyd’s at ilf@boydassociates.net. Thanks to all and please send more pictures as the rehabilitation gets underway.

THE PIANO BRIDGE, FAYETTE COUNTY

Two people who have sent us recent pictures of the Piano Bridge near Dubina, Texas which had been featured on the Historic Bridge Foundation website and included in their bridge calendar of 2001, with the dramatic photo of a yellow thunderbird crossing it. (photo by Billy Moore of LCRA).

Gary Alford of Upstream Engineering referred us to the following link (www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/DubinaTexas/Dubina-Texas-Piano -Bridge .htm)

Marilyn Tomalavage sent us the following four lovely shots of the bridge taken in June 2005. She can be contacted at MTomalavage@johncrane.com.