1923+1957 US-90 Bridges over Pecos River west of Comstock, TX

1923: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite, the bridge was destroyed by a flood on June 26, 2954)

1957: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

2013 photo by Nathan Morton via BridgeHunter_1957

The Pecos River is still skinny because the Lake Amistad Dam was not built until 1969.

Chris Spear posted
The "new" U.S. 90 bridge over the Pecos River canyon under construction in this photo circa 1956. Located about 40 miles west of Del Rio, Tx. Previous river level road crossings had all been washed away in flash floods. Note the workers atop the concrete pier.

The bridge in the valley in the above photo must have been a construction bridge. The original US-90 bridge was further downstream at what is now a boat ramp. The road down to the boat ramp was the old US-90.

Satellite

This is a mix of two topo maps. The black line is the old US-90 and the red line is today's US-90.

1944 Mouth of Pecos Quad @ 62,500 and 1972 Seminole Canyon Quad @ 24,000

TXDOT via BridgeHunter_1923

This shows how the road had to climb along the side of the canyon.

BridgeHunter_1923