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History
Overview
Bridge History Introduction
Post-Civil War
Network of Roads in Bastrop County
Bridge Authorization and Construction
Flood of 1869, Railroads, and the Beginning of Elgin
Historical Documents
Bastrop County Commissioners' Court Meeting Minutes
Pratt Through-Truss Bridge Patent (US Patent #3523)
Texas Historic Bridge Inventory Card
Pratt Bridges
Agricultural Effects
Routes to Market before the Bridge
Bridge Route to Market
Bridge Effects on Cotton Production
Coats Family
Overview
Sarah Elizabeth Coats Rivers Family
Anna M. Coats McGinnis Family
Coats Family Cemetery
Current Info
Research Conclusions
Bridge Damage Status
Memorandum of Understanding, August 2018
Bastrop County Meetings: Transcripts and Minutes
FEMA Report, 2017
Historical Designation, 2017
Creative Arts Featuring the Bridge
Creative Arts Overview
Movies
A Perfect World (1993)
Exists (2013)
Joe (2013)
Music
Grifters & Shills (2016)
Grifters & Shills (2015)
Related Links
Bridgehunter: Historic Bridges of the United States
Bastrop County Website
LCRA Hydromet (Full Site)
LCRA Hydromet (Wilbarger Creek at Elgin)
Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management (Facebook page)
Workin' Bridges Documentary: Historic Truss Bridge Restoration
Contact
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Contact Information
Contact us by email at
info@lowerelginroadbridge.com
May 2016
