Welcome to BrazosBlog

BrazosBlog is dedicated to preserving the history of four bridges — past, present, and future — crossing the Brazos River at Brazoria, Texas:
  • The China Street Bridge, constructed in 1912; no longer extant except for the abandoned center-pivot pier.
  • The first SH 332/FM 521 Highway Bridge, constructed in 1939 to replace the damaged China Street Bridge.   No longer in use, it now stands abandoned next to the second SH332/FM521 bridge, a forlorn reminder of an earlier day.
  • The UPRR Railroad Bridge, originally constructed by the St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway Company and still in use today by the Union Pacific Railroad
  • The second SH 332/FM 521 Highway Bridge, a "shovel-ready" project opened in 2013 to replace 1939 bridge.

Neal McLain
nmclain@annsgarden.com
Brazoria, Texas
Revised 06/02/2016