Marker Inscription
Engineering, Transportation
Historic Place
Mueller Bridge
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About this site
Mueller Bridge is a historic place in La Vernia, Wilson County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 2 historic places documented in Wilson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 100 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3514, -98.0744 near La Vernia. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bridge at McAlister Crossing (Mueller Bridge) (0.2 mi. SW) (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Rector Chapel Cemetery, Britton-Robinson Cemetery, and Power Grave.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2007001094. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Mueller Bridge, also known as the bridge at McAlister Crossing, is a 252-foot metal Warren polygonal-chord truss bridge completed in 1915 about two miles east of La Vernia in Wilson County. One of only two multi-span bridges of its type in Texas, it originally had a wooden deck and now stands on private property. It was named a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2004, added to Preservation Texas's Most Endangered list in 2006, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Sources: texasescapes.compreservationtexas.orgen.wikipedia.org
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