Dime Box, Texas: Transplanted Cattle Bridge
The Moses Livestock Bridge is full-size truss bridge, circa 1911, moved into a vacant lot as a tribute to the rancher who built it for the convenience of his livestock.
- Address:
- Bowers St., Dime Box, TX
- Directions:
- TX-141/Ramsey St. into town. Turn south at the Dime Box monument (look for the flagpoles) onto Bowers St. Drive two blocks. You'll see the bridge on the right.
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Think it's gone now.
[Sam, 05/06/2019]
Cattle bridge that was across railroad tracks, later moved.
[Erin Jatzlau, 10/13/2016]According to its impressive plaque, this entire bridge was moved to its current grassy retirement spot in 1999 as a memorial to a local rancher, who built it so that his livestock could cross some train tracks.
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The field formerly occupied by the bridge is now a BBQ restaurant. The town actually moved the bridge, again, this time into a vacant lot in town but off of the main road -- so if you don't know where to look you'll never see it. We've adjusted our map point and directions accordingly.