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The bridge across the East Navidad River on FM 1579 was built 100 years ago as part of the Old Spanish Trail Highway, which later became US Hwy. 90. Photo by Andy Behlen -
A plaque on the bridge crossing over the East Navidad River on FM 1579 still says “Built 1922 by The State of Texas and Fayette County.”
An oft-forgotten bridge in Fayette County turns 100 years old this year.
The crossing over the East Navidad River on FM 1579 doesn’t seem like much today. But when it was built in 1922, the bridge was part of one of the biggest trans-continental road projects in the nation at that point – The Old Spanish Trail (OST).
The OST was the highway that eventually became US Hwy. 90, stretching from St…
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