Century-old 'Bonnie and Clyde' bridge in Texas washed away by flooded San Jacinto River
The 114-year-old iron truss “Bonnie and Clyde" bridge collapsed into the overflowing San Jacinto River late last month in Montgomery County.
'Bonnie and Clyde' bridge in Conroe, TX washed away by floodwaters
A metal bridge once used as a meeting place for an American bank-robbing duo during the Great Depression has been destroyed by recent rainfall in Texas.
CONROE, Texas – A metal bridge once used as a meeting place for an American bank-robbing duo during the Great Depression has been destroyed by recent rainfall in Texas.
The 114-year-old iron truss "Bonnie and Clyde" bridge collapsed into the overflowing San Jacinto River late last month in Conroe, located in Montgomery County.
![A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters.]()
Image 1 of 4A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle)
![A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters.]()
Image 2 of 4A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle)
![A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters.]()
Image 3 of 4A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle)
![A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters.]()
Image 4 of 4A historic metal truss bridge along FM 2854 known as the Bonnie and Clyde Bridge is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Conroe. It collapsed into the San Jacinto River from floodwaters. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle)
Larry Foerster, chairman of the county's historical commission, discovered last Thursday that the old FM 2854 bridge had washed away due to the flooding.
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The bridge was constructed in 1910, according to county and state records, and served as the old Highway 105 bridge running from Conroe to Montgomery.
(Montgomery County Historical Commission)
About 5 inches of rainfall were recorded in Conroe for three days since the previous Monday.
"In spite of good faith efforts to save the old frail bridge, sadly the cost of restoration was prohibitive," Foerster told FOX Weather. "So the memory of the old bridge is figuratively, and literally, being washed away."
The bridge was constructed in 1910, according to county and state records, and served as the old Highway 105 bridge running from Conroe to Montgomery.
Bonnie and Clyde were a notorious crime couple in American history, who became infamous for their criminal activities.
(Montgomery County Historical Commission)
During the 1930s, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, along with Clyde's cousin, Dude Barrow, held family reunions under the old one-lane bridge in Conroe, according to Foerster.
The duo were shot to death by officers in an ambush near Sailes, Bienville Parish, Louisiana on May 23, 1934, after one of the most colorful and spectacular manhunts the nation had seen up to that time, according to the FBI.