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|   State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River – Burnet TX
in WPA Projects The construction of the Colorado River bridge was part of a larger THD undertaking to reroute SH 29 around Buchanan Dam, which was under construction beginning in 1931. The original roadway and the bridge across the Colorado at Bluffton were inundated by Lake Buchanan after completion of the dam in 1937. posted by:  WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/15/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4 km |  TX-29 Colorado River Bridge - 1937 - Burnet County, TX
in Bridge Date Stones and Plaques Bridge closed to traffic. Chainlink fenced to prevent diving and fishing from it. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/15/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4 km |  State Highway 29 Bridge at the Colorado River - Burnet County, TX
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The bridge consists of four 200-foot Parker through truss spans and 11 I-beam approach spans. The bridge is between Buchanan Dam and Inks Lake on the Colorado River, which forms the Burnet and Llano county line. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/13/2019 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
 view galleryS4 km |  TX-29 Colorado River Bridge - Burnet County, TX
in Truss Bridges Bridge closed to traffic. Chainlink fenced to prevent diving and fishing from it. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/11/2019 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
 view galleryS4 km |  TX-29 Colorado River Bridge - Burnet County, TX
in Orphaned Bridges Bridge closed to traffic. Chainlink fenced to prevent diving and fishing from it. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/10/2019 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
 view galleryS4.2 km |  Highland Lakes Chain – Lake Buchanan – Burnet, TX
in Engineering Landmarks The first of what became the Highland Lakes Chain (a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas), Lake Buchanan is still the largest and boasts the largest multiple-arch dam in the U.S. posted by:  Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/17/2013 last visited: never |
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| Buchanan Dam - Burnet, TX in WPA Projects Located on the Colorado River, it is 143 ft from bed to parapet. It develops a reservoir of 23,500 acres. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/15/2019 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW4.3 km |  Buchanan Dam -- Burnet Co. & Llano Co. TX
in Hydroelectric Power Stations The first and most beautiful of all the LCRA Highland Lakes Dams, Buchanan Dam is a 2-mile long multiple-arch hydroelectric dam in Burnet and Llano Counties of Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 10/08/2015 last visited: 05/09/2016 |
 view gallerySW4.3 km | Buchanan Dam – Burnet, TX in Engineering Landmarks Completed by the LCRA in 1939, Buchanan Dam is the largest multi-arch dam in the world and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas in its own right. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/13/2013 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
 view gallerySW4.3 km |  Lake Buchanan Dam - Burnet, Texas
in Water Dams Completed in 1937 as the first of the Highland Lakes chain (and launching the LCRA), Lake Buchanan is the largest multiple-arch dam in the U.S. and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/04/2013 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
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|  Devils Waterhole
in Geological Devilish Locations Great view of Ink's Lake State Park posted by: mcdoodles location: Texas date approved: 04/25/2006 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
 view gallerySW5.3 km |  NOT LANDLOCKED - Lake Buchanan Lighthouse - Llano County, TX
in Landlocked Lighthouses Built privately by Raymond Barker in 1984. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 04/25/2016 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE5.6 km |  Inks Lake State Park - Burnet, TX
in State/Provincial Parks Inks Lake State Park offers family fun on water and land. It is NW of Austin, TX. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 05/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS5.8 km | Highland Lakes Chain – Inks Lake – Llano County, TX in Engineering Landmarks The second of what became the Highland Lakes Chain (a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas)... posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/17/2013 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
 view galleryS5.8 km | Inks Dam -- Inks Lake, Llano Co. TX in Hydroelectric Power Stations The smallest hydroelectric power plant on the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA) chain of six dams on the Highland Lakes. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 10/08/2015 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
 view galleryS5.8 km |  Inks Dam -- Llano Co. TX
in Wikipedia Entries Inks Dam is an uncontrolled hydroelectric dam built by the Lower Colorado River Authority in 1938 to create Inks Lake, now the centerpiece of a popular park posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/30/2018 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
 view galleryS6 km | Inks Lake Dam - Llano County, Texas in Water Dams Inks Lake is the second (by months) of what became the Highland Lakes Chain, a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas, designed for water management (drought & flood) and power generation. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/04/2013 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
 view galleryS6.6 km | Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery - Burnet, TX in WPA Projects Work was done bhy the National Youth Administration (NYA) 1938-1941 posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 05/26/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.8 km |  C.S.A. Salt Works
in Texas Historical Markers Texas Historical Marker commemorating the salt works that was once nearby -- now under Lake Buchanan -- and its use by Texas and the Confederacy during the Civil War. Located in a roadside park at the intersection of TX 29 and TX 261. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 04/28/2013 last visited: 05/17/2013 |
 view galleryS8.9 km | Hoover's Valley Cemetery in Texas Historical Markers This little subject marker is affixed to a short pink granite monument next to Park Road 4 where County Road 119 ends. The cemetery it commemorates is on the opposite side of PR 4 in Burnet. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 08/11/2021 last visited: 11/12/2021 |
 view galleryS8.9 km |  Hoovers Valley Cemetery - Buchanan Dam, TX
in Worldwide Cemeteries Settlement of the area began in the early 1850s. The community was named for the Hoover family, who bought a 640-acre homestead there in 1854. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/11/2018 last visited: 09/06/2019 |
 view galleryS9.8 km |  Park Road 4 - Burnet, TX
in Civilian Conservation Corps Civilian Conservation Corps Company No. 854 built this park road with overlook. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 05/26/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS11.6 km |  Observation Tower - Longhorn Cavern State Park, TX
in Look-Out Towers This observation tower, built it 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps ("CCC"), offers a 360-degree view of the Texas Hill Country. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/13/2014 last visited: 12/13/2021 |
 view galleryS11.6 km | Observation/Water Tower - Longhorn Cavern State Park, TX in Civilian Conservation Corps Built by CCC Company 854 in 1935, this observation/water tower was one of several improvement projects conducted within the Longhorn Cavern State Park in Texas during 1934-1940. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/15/2014 last visited: 12/13/2021 |
 view galleryS11.6 km |  You are Here - Longhorn Cavern State Park - Burnet, TX
in 'You Are Here' Maps Located along the Wildflower Trail. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 12/13/2021 last visited: never |
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