- City:
- Colorado City, TX
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designers:
- D.C. Greer, Highway Engineer
- Contractor:
- R.W. McKinney
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Colorado River Bridge was built by the Federal Works Agency in 1941. The bridge is approximately 490 feet long. It spans the Colorado River south of Colorado City on HWY-163.
Marker Text:
COLORADO RIVER BRIDGE
BUILT IN 1941 BY THE
TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
———————-
FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY
PUBLIC ROAD ADMINISTRATION
———————
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
BRADY GENTRY CHAIRMAN
HARRY HINES MEMBER
ROBERT LEE BOBBITT MEMBER
D.C. GREER
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
R.C. McKINNEY
CONTRACTOR
Source notes
Marker on Bridge.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on April 3, 2019.
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