Modern Crossing

ID: 797 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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Supervising engineer John Wharton Maxey supplied this sketch of the planned Washington Avenue Bridge for the Waco Weekly Tribune.

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Washington Avenue Bridge

By Kathleen Young

The Washington Avenue Bridge is a steel, Pennsylvania through truss bridge that spans the Brazos River and connects East Waco to downtown. Before the construction of the Washington Avenue Bridge, the Waco Suspension Bridge, built in 1870, offered…