Brookshire, Texas: Tywheelosaurus Rex
A large dinosaur sculpture cleverly fashioned from car wheel rims. Ready to leap from a rooftop.
- Directions:
- Westbound on I-10 from Houston, take the Peach Ridge exit, stay on the feeder. If you're coming eastbound on I-10, the only way to get to the sculpture is to take the Peach Ridge exit, take a left on the first stop sign, go under the freeway and go under the freeway again, the Tywheelosaurus is a few hundred feet before the eastbound exit ramp.
- Hours:
- 2019: Reported missing during construction. Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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Tywheelosaurus Rex was still there on September 2, 2019, although it's almost entirely overgrown with vegetation. Probably best to look for it during the winter months.
[Stuart Johnson, 10/08/2020]There's a lot of construction in the area. We looked really hard for this thing and couldn't find it. I think it's gone.
[Flamingo, 10/15/2019]Tywheelosaurus Rex
Tywheelosaurus is still there as of 3/19/2018. It was made to grab attention for the River Bridge Safari Park, an I-10 roadside attraction about 1/4 mile away down Seidel Rd, back at the curve at the railroad bridge/Brazos River. Back in the 1980s Tywheelosaurus was motorized with a rocking oil rig motor, housed inside the trailer, which rocked it up and down pivoting at the hips. It was also illuminated at night -- I saw these things back in the day. That motor was noisy, I do remember. River Bridge Park originally had exotic animals in cages (1980s-'90s), horseback rides, picnic grounds, a nice swimming pool, and a go kart track.
[mysterious_traveler, 03/29/2018]I have lived in the area for a long time, and the Tywheelosaurus Rex has been there since the 1980s. In the old days, when it was newly constructed, it was animated, moving up and down by means of a motor housed inside the trailer that the dinosaur stands upon. I'm guessing that the motor was from an oilfield rig. It was also lit at night by floodlights, which was cool.
[mysterious_traveler, 03/21/2018]Lame and neglected. Tywheelosaurus Rex is in severe disrepair and overgrown with weeds.
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