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State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River

State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
State Highway 29 Bridge in 2010
SH 29 Bridge at the Colorado River Show map of Texas SH 29 Bridge at the Colorado River Show map of the United States
Location	SH 29atBuchanan Dam
Coordinates	30°44′53″N 98°23′48″W / 30.74806°N 98.39667°W / 30.74806; -98.39667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937 (1937)
Built by	Austin Bridge Company, et al.; Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.
Architectural style	Parker through truss bridge
MPS	Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001116[1]
Added to NRHP	October 10, 1996

State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River is located in both Burnet and Llano counties in the U.S. stateofTexas, between Buchanan Dam and Inks Lake . It is also known as Inks Lake Bridge, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in both counties on October 10, 1996.^[2] The 1,379.0 fttruss bridge was planned by the Texas Highway Department in 1929. Construction was completed by the Austin Bridge Company in 1937 at a cost of $188,000. United States Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and Texas Highway Commissioner Robert Lee Bobbitt were featured speakers during the dedication ceremony.^[3] A new four-lane vehicular bridge was built in 2005,^[4] and the old SH 29 Bridge is currently open only to pedestrians.^[5]

See also[edit]

• Inks Lake
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Burnet County, Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Llano County, Texas
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas

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