The Riverside Swinging Bridge, northeast of

Riverside, Texas Riverside is a small city in Walker County, Texas, Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 522 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Two famous natives of Riverside are the singer-actress Jennifer Holliday (born 1960), who ...

, is a

swinging bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity ...

which was built in 1904. It is the last swinging railroad bridge in Texas. It brings the

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between

Trinity County, Texas Trinity County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,602. Its county seat is Groveton, Texas, Groveton. The county is named for the Trinit ...

and

Walker County, Texas Walker County is a county located in the east-central section of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76,400. Its county seat is Huntsville. Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislato ...

. It was built by the

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to cross the Trinity River. It was listed on the

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in 1979. It is a

Pratt truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

structure. The bridge has hardly ever swung. It was turned first during an inauguration ceremony, and was turned again in 1925 to allow debris from a flood to pass the bridge.

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* Swing bridges in the United States Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Trinity County, Texas National Register of Historic Places in Walker County, Texas Bridges completed in 1904 1904 establishments in Texas Missouri Pacific Railroad Transportation in Trinity County, Texas Transportation in Walker County, Texas Pratt truss bridges in the United States Trinity River (Texas) {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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