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Overview

Photos taken May 2003 by Wayne Kizziar

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Historic marker

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National Register marker

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Hickory Creek on Copper Canyon Road in Denton
Location: Denton, Denton County, Texas
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1884 by the King Bridge Co.; later bypassed
Builder: - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 145.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1988
Also called: Copper Canyon Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +33.12936, -97.10403 (decimal degrees)
33°07'46" N, 97°06'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NRHP 88000979 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32948 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/1998): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 5.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1994): 570

Update Log

August 21, 2006: Posted photos from Wayne Kizziar

Sources

Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net

Comments

Old Alton Bridge

Posted June 7, 2008, by Denton (chale753 [at] aim [dot] com)

Yall are retarded. We use to go out to that bridge every night and get high.

Old Alton Bridge

Posted February 27, 2008, by shane (scotts95 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Ive heard several noices coming from the nearby trees next to the bridge. Ive heard if you visit the bridge during the dusk just about sundown you can hear the moaning cries of a goat among the trees...Never cross the bridge after darkness sets in!

Joe R. Lansdale wrote a mystery novel covering recent sightenings. In the book, "The Bottoms" young Harry Collins discovers a mutilated black woman's body hidden deep in the woods followed by more murders. He suspects the murders have been done by the Goat Man, and local legend of the creature says the creature resides in the local bottoms of East Texas.

Old Alton Bridge

Posted October 11, 2007, by Shane Murphy (argyleeagle [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge is known locally as Goat Man's Bridge.

Beware the Goat Man !