What is up there with haunted railroad crossings in Texas? Haunted bridges. Each is of course, the MOST haunted.
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According to radio 600 am in El Paso states it is the Maxdale bridge in Killeen, Texas. Was it a school bus full of children that all died when the bridge collapsed? The other story is that a man’s girlfriend drowned in the river below the bridge while going for a swim. Unable to save her, the man was so distraught over the loss of his love that he hung himself from the bridge not long after her death. At night if you shine your headlights, you can see the silhouette of the man hanging from the bridge.
Goatman’s Bridge
Also haunted, Goatman’s Bridge in Denton. “legend says a group of Klansmen murdered a beloved black goat farmer on Old Alton Bridge in 1938. The black goat farmer was endearingly called Goatman by residents of Denton. The Klansmen crossed the bridge with their headlights off and lynched the Goatman off the side of the bridge. Eventually, the Klansmen decided to go back and kill the Goatman’s family.
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The Goatman’s spirit lingers in the woods surrounding the bridge and those who turn off their headlights while crossing the bridge will see the Goatman on the other side. I put this test to theory myself and attempted the urban legend with a friend of mine on a Friday night. Besides a chill going through our bodies at the possibility of seeing the Goatman on the other side of the bridge, we ultimately saw nothing. However, you can go at your own risk. Maybe you’ll find the Goatman on the other side.
Devil’s Bridge San Antonio – True evil is believed to lurk on this bridge at night. You may even smell sulfur (rotten eggs), which is usually a sign that something demonic is lingering around, waiting. It is also said that if you dare to step up to foot of the bridge and throw a rock, you’ll never hear it land. It’s almost as if someone (or something) catches the rock, or possibly, the rock disappears all together.
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It’s been said that after night fall, the darkness that surrounds the bridge is so dense, that if you shine a light it will not penetrate more than a few feet out. So, be careful if you actually decide to drive over the bridge at night.
Avon Washington Bridge
One of Indiana’s most haunted bridges is in Washington Township Park in the town of Avon. There have been ghost sightings since the Avon Bridge was built in 1906. It is 300 ft long and was built by the railroad.
Did four workers who fell to their deaths during the construction of the bridge into White Lick Creek.
Hell’s Bridge is an infamous little metal footbridge in the middle of the woods that crosses over Cedar Creek in Algoma Township, near Rockford, Michigan.
Theorosa’s Bridge, Kansas
It goes over the Little Arkansas River at 109th Street.
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Native Americans attacked a group of settlers and a baby named Theorosa was stolen, never to be seen again.
Another legend involves a Native American woman who had an illegitimate child with a white settler. To hide her shame, she drowns the baby in the waters and then throws herself in. This scenario is told in every state. If you have the baby, go to the bridge and call out Theorosa she will appear or show a sign.
Banwell Bridge, Fort Dodge, Iowa. So old no one knows when it was built but it is a Pony Truss Bridge. A Truss Bridge is according to Wikipedia: A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. There are several types of truss bridges, including some with simple designs that were among the first bridges designed in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A truss bridge is economical to construct primarily because it uses materials efficiently.
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Stuckey’s Bridge, Meridian Mississippi
According to legend, a member of the Dalton Gang named “Stuckey” owned a nearby inn where he would rob and murder his guests and bury his victims’ bodies on the riverbank. The legend says that after murdering twenty people, Stuckey was finally caught and hanged from the newly constructed bridge located on the site of his murders.
Cry Baby Bridge Olathe Kansas
Jericho Covered Bridge, Maryland
Buil in 1865, the Jericho Covered Bridge in Maryland is the continuation point for Jericho Road over Little Gunpowder Falls, and it’s still in use today. 88 feet long, 15 feet wide, 15 feet above the water. Just looking at it you know it is haunted!
Shadows, voices, sounds you name it and it’s happening.
Stovall Mill Covered Bridge, Georgia
Poinsett Bridge
The oldest bridge in SC, completed in 1820, part of the original road connecting Greenville to Asheville.
