 This
Historic Bridge spans the Red River and connects Grayson County, Texas
and Bryan County, Oklahoma. Completed in 1910, it was designed to
allow trains, wagons, pedestrians and horses to cross for a toll.
It was originally built as a railroad bridge for the Missouri,
Oklahoma and Gulf line. Initally, the wooden plank served as a
verhicle lane and the railroad track was on the opposite side of the
bridge. In architecture, a truss is a structure comprising of one or more triangluar units constructed with straight members, whose ends are connected at joints referred to as "node." The Truss Bridge design was used to construct Carpenter's Bluff Bridge. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges. A truss bridge is economical due to the effecient use of materials for construction. Due to the abundance of wood, early truss bridge construction would use carefully fitted timbers for members taking compression and iron rods for tension members. The bridge was normally constructed as a covered bridge to protect the structure.  Bridge Marriage Last toll bridge, 1938 2016 plan for the historic bridge  Carpenters' Bluff Bridge - TexasEscapes Historical & Notable Bridges of the U.S. Waterways Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
