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blugu64
06-09-2009, 01:00 PM
So I was looking at USGS maps around Spanish Fort for interesting things to see on my next trip up that way and look what I found.
http://i42.tinypic.com/ncoaq0.jpg
Yes that says footbridge. Over the Red River.

Some further goggling lead me to this interesting page about 'lost places' around nocona, it's a recommended read and has some places that I've now gotta find. Chimney Rock chiefly. http://www.noconacn.net/NCN/lostplaces.htm#Foot%20Bridge%20Over%20Red%20River:

Sadly there isn't much left as pictued below, but still I'd loved to have been able to walk over the red river
http://i42.tinypic.com/309j9za.jpg

There's also a another 'burned out' bridge just to the southwest that I've added to my "To Visit" waypoints list.
http://i42.tinypic.com/5wz0k1.jpg
blugu64
06-09-2009, 01:04 PM
BONUS ROUND!
Here's a gpx with the two bridges listed, for anyone interested.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/864351/MontagueBridgesFallingDown.gpx
RedPill
06-09-2009, 01:33 PM
Is the footbridge near Burned Out Bridge Road? I was trying to find it on Google Maps.
RedPill
06-09-2009, 01:50 PM
Okay, I think I found it on Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Spanish+Fort,+TX&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.212719,58.447266&ie=UTF8&ll=33.962939,-97.703857&spn=0.003439,0.003567&t=h&z=18
blugu64
06-09-2009, 02:21 PM
I popped my gpx file into gpsvisualizer.com, and I think this is it, could be either one really. One way to find out for sure though :rider:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/display/1244575080-16874-71.252.218.55.html
mikeofcontex
06-09-2009, 02:56 PM
Sadly there isn't much left as pictued below, but still I'd loved to have been able to walk over the red river

Not trying to be "smart", but you can go west to Palo Duro Canyon and step across it...
I was much younger when I got the chance, but still remember being able to cross a river with one step.
DaveC
06-09-2009, 03:08 PM
Burned Out Bridge Road (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Spanish+Fort,+TX&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.212719,58.447266&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=33.936239,-97.759266&spn=0.004771,0.008143&z=17).

I don't see the bridge supports in this view, nor can I make out any road bed to that bridge.