Top 9 Abandoned Highways and Railroads in Texas
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
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1. Thanks for all of the feedback on pronunciation, guys. I agree, I need to work on my pronunciation. To be fair, though, I never expected this video to get anywhere near so big, so I wasn't being as careful with my pronunciation as I could be. I never, ever expected more than a few hundred views. But I'm putting a lot more effort into researching the correct pronunciation in the videos I'm making nowadays. Thanks again for the feedback.
2. Regarding Location #7 on the list (Palestine, Texas), I have learned that this place is actually an abandoned aluminum smelting facility that has been abandoned since the 70's ( www.forbes.com/global/2003/11... ).
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3:08 is one of the spots where the tv show fear the walking dead was filmed. The show was filmed in Texas & this is a convincing photo.
If you watched some of the TV show “Fear the Walking Dead” you know this picture & that one road all those monologues are created.
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I would add Texas Hwy 87 from Port Arthur to Galveston along the upper Texas coast. It got washed out by Hurricane Jerry in 1989.
Thanks. The music is louder than the host's voice amd comments. A light turn down of music gives us a better appreciation of comments.
Palestine Texas is not pronounced like the country, it is pronounced Pal-es-teen
Even I, a yankee, know that.
I came here to help say the same thing. You can tell that this dude is not from TX.
I knew his pronunciation sounded off. It's like Louisville, KY; read louavile.
US 90 had a major realignment northwest of Del Rio due to the creation of the Amistad Reservoir. You can see remnants of the old highway all across the area. Spur 454 follows a portion of the old US 90.
Interesting; I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip, Nathan!
There is an abandoned bridge and highway from Louisiana to Orange TX below Interstate 10. I believe it's old highway 90 which use to lead to a military base in Orange. It's now called Burn Out Bridge because someone burned it down a long time ago.
Great video, did notice one error, The abandoned SA&AP bridge is at Wallis, Texas. Wallisville is East of Houston.
Also, you missed two great ones. The abandoned SA&AP bridge over the Guadalupe river between Kerrville and Comfort. (29°58'35.0"N 98°50'41.5"W) you can see the whole thing from River Bend Road.
Also, not far from there is an abandoned Rail Tunnel at 30°06'05.8"N 98°49'16.1"W it was part of the short lived Fredericksburg and Northwestern railroad, it is the only tunnel carved in the hill country.
Thank you for the feedback. Those sound amazing! Especially the abandoned tunnel. I'll be sure to try and check them out. Thank you so much for the tip!
@@beyond_civilization No problem, keep up the great work.
The rail tunnel, housing a bat colony, is now Old Tunnel State Park. Another abandoned rail tunnel in the Texas state park system is on the Caprock Canyons Trailway, on the abandoned Fort Worth & Denver South Plains Railway in West Texas, near Quitaque (kitty-quay). The SA&AP line through Wallis was used by Southern Pacific and Union Pacific until a decade or so ago as a secondary route called the Bellaire Line. Part of it in Houston is now the Westpark Tollway. Some trackage around Eagle Lake is still used by industry.
There was an overpass on Interstate 10 in west El Paso that we kids used to call "the bridge to nowhere". It used to link the two halves of "Smeltertown" together, until catastrophic flooding happened to the section north of the freeway in the late 1970's during monsoon season. The part of Smeltertown north of the freeway was purchased with Eminent Domain, and then demolished. The Army Corps of Engineers built a flood control dam over the former north side of Smeltertown. A chain link fence was placed over the road before the bridge, and it sat abandoned until TxDOT demolished it in 2016 to build express lanes for I-10.
Shame it was demolished! But very interesting, nonetheless. Thanks a lot for coming by, Brent! 😄🙏
Nice to learn a bit of history of texas abandon railroad lines and their bridges. Thanks for sharing this with me 😌🙂✌️👍
Fascinating video. Love industrial archeology! The bridges were spectacular and wish they could be saved (the iron truss styles) and moved to a historical site for further re-use as pedestrian walkways.
There's two railroad iron trusses in San Antonio, TX that were put together for a pedestrian walkway. It's called the Hays Street bridge. It's very nice.
@@eal4361 I did see once on Texas Country Reporter there's a guy who buys up old bridges and sells them.
That amazing Callista song in the background. It brings me right back to Mass Effect 2. Anyways, great video!
You missed a good one in Houston, 225 where it ends. A whole interchange is built as well as a westbound “broadway / Lawndale” exit that’s pointless because the road ends. It was supposed to go to downtown. Glad it was stopped. Technically not abandoned since the exit is still open but no one uses it 🤣
That's good to know; thanks for the tip! I'll look that one up.
The abandoned RR at Brazoria NWR was originally used to ship Sulphur that has been extracted from Hoskins Mound. At the point where the old RR crossed Bastrop Bayou there used to be a wooden bridge that was shared by trains and automobiles alike, we used that old bridge until the 1960's (trains had long since stopped using the old RR) when it was replaced by a modern concrete bridge, the wooded bridge was torn down at that time.
There's also the abandoned rail line from Georgetown to Granger. The line from Burnet to Llano is also abandoned by regular train traffic but speeder rides are given from the reconstructed Llano depot and museum. That line crosses several cantilever bridges.
Cool! I was not aware of those; there are just so many in Texas. Thanks a lot for watching, as well as sharing those tips! 🙏
@@beyond_civilization
The Y-track for turning locomotives around still exists at Llano.
Great video; thanks for posting.
Interesting thing about the old Bellaire Line from Houston to Eagle Lake,the tracks at Wallis were still in place as late as 1996.
By 2000 they were pulled up.
I love my great state of Texas!
It's a shame all these boom towns and railroads are going away they should restore and bring back to life what they can to preserve it for future generations to enjoy
I agree with you there, my friend. Thanks for watching and supporting my channel! 🤠
superb video and great info ...just enough to make you think " hey ! wow ! I gotta find out more about that !" :) i;ve subscribed to your channel ...keep 'em coming :)
That's awesome; I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks a lot for the kind words, Bob! 😎👍
Another excellent Texas History Lesson, the School Systems could use video like this if one asked me, I love them and some I have seen too prior to this video..
Thank you for the upbuilding words and constructive feedback!
Great video and cool places!
He would need to pronounce things like the city of Palestine and Brazos correctly first. The river is pronounced like brass with us on the end, not bras as in under garments with ohs on the end.
@@ralfie8801 Bra Sose is correct pronunciation in Spanish.
@@machtschnell7452
The locals don’t pronounce it that way, never have. You only see it on TV or the movies.
We don’t say Row Day O for rodeo either.
When in Rome, do as the romans do, not as you think they do.
In the 1980’s you could get to the broken bridge & railroad bridge outside of Uvalde (3:50). It wasn’t behind any locked gate or anything. Just take the old highway from where it reconnected with Hwy 83 on the South end. If you had a 4WD you could even drive across the railroad bridge no problem!
Wow, really? That's amazing. Yeah, I think a lot of the places shown in this channel used to be accessible years ago, including the Blue Hole. It's unfortunate (but also understandable) that people have become way more protective of their property nowadays.
@@beyond_civilization You’re right. Liability & lawsuits! The broken bridge was a neat place to visit back then.
That’s was really fascinating. Thank you for putting that together
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, my friend. Trust me, my pronunciation of Texas towns is much better now. 😂 Thanks for watching! 👍
Cool video - Thanks
Awesome video, keep them coming.
Thanks! You can bet I'll do my best to do that. 🤠
@@beyond_civilization if you are still in the Texas hill country check out Louise Hays park in Kerrville. Pretty clear water and deep .
@@busterschannel4794 lol I'm not there anymore right now, sorry. ☹️ But clear water is exactly what I'm looking for. I'll put it on my map for next time! 😄
I certainly enjoyed it, beautiful and mysterious 😮
I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks so much for watching, Lisa! 😊
I've been wanting to explore the 1st railroad
Nice video, Thank you
Thanks for coming by and supporting my channel. 😄👍🏼
Love your channel.
Thanks a lot for your encouraging words. It's been a blast so far, that's for sure! 😄
Thanks for sharing this I’ve been all over Texas and I love to explore the original old highways like Highway 159 going out of Hempstead Texas when it crosses the Brazos river… The original road is narrow and it’s original concrete form I took a picture of it years ago back I think in 2003 .. used to love exploring the original highways. Lots of old original US Highway 90’s here in Louisiana really fascinating
There's just so much to see out here, isn't there? Thank you so much for watching! 🤠🙏
Speaking of Eagle Lake,most of the long abandoned Santa Fe line from Eagle Lake to Wharton line you can still see the roadbed if you take the Farm to Market Road from Eagle Lake to Wharton.
Some more abandoned railroad right of ways in Texas that might be of interest
to all the Texas Urbex.
(1)Eagle Lake.While most of the old Bellaire Branch has been abandoned,UP still uses part of it to serve a quarry outside Eagle Lake.
Now in Eagle Lake the UP still uses the former "Sunset Route"to Weimar;Columbus;Schulenburg;Flatonia*(*Best place in the state to watch trains) and San Antonio and on to L.A..
But there's a branch that follows the old Eagle Lake -Yoakum line of the SA&AP almost to Altair where it crosses Highway 90A to serve a gravel pit.
But you can see traces of the abandoned roadbed in "Downtown"Altair.
FYI:The line from Altair to Yoakum was abandoned in 1959 and the line from Altair to Eagle Lake was partly abandoned in 1964.
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Nice footage but stop the fast motion so we can enjoy the scenery. The constant speedup and slowdown makes it hard to really get into the imagery. Also the scenes are not long enough.
Thank you very much for this, it was extremely interesting.
It was a blast, John; glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for your feedback!
That was interesting. I want to see that light house.
I have just found and liked this video. So you didn't realise how many people would watch it? Just to let you know that I have just watched it here in the UK!
Wow, that's amazing! Yeah, I don't think any of my videos back then had acquired more than a few hundred views. So it's amazing what we've been able to accomplish with the CZcams community's help. Thanks a lot for watching, Jeremy! Greetings from Texas. 🤠🙏
@@beyond_civilization BTW. As I am an Englishman, I have no comments to make at all about American pronunciations!!!
@@jeremypreece870 Hahaha yeah, looks like my bad pronunciation was a very serious offense to some people. But I assure you I've gotten more thorough in my research these days before recording my narrations. 😂
Great video….. Ooo-Vahlday LOL
Thanks, my friend! Lol yes! Lesson learned. 😅
1 thing. needs more views
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Looks like I forgot to do that for this video. Thanks for the reminder!
@@beyond_civilization Hey I appreciate it. Great video, by the way!
You Val Dee or You Vahl Dee in Texan.
Thanks! My mom's from there, and we still go there to visit relatives for the holidays and sometimes during the summer.
the Evadale tx bridge i use to jump from it as a kid. i didn't even know it was still standing. and its called E-va-dale. and brag light rd i have been there a many of times now there is a lot of houses down it.
Thank you, Glen. I'm glad I was able to bring back some memories. And yes, I am putting much more effort into researching the correct pronunciations now that I've realized that I may be getting more than just a few hundred views per video. Thanks again for your feedback!
@@beyond_civilization i know its a pain to learn every town by the right pronunciations. and i would never tell you on a town that i wasn't raised in. and didn't know 100%
@@MadsWorld34 No worries. I have to learn someday, so may as well be today. And I will learn them eventually, even if it has to be one town at a time. 😂
How can train tracks be on private property?
Did they give up the imminent domain claim?
Interesting routine you allow.
Good point. Apparently once they're abandoned, they can become private property!
Uvalde is pronounced like "You-valldee" other than that dope video.
You're totally right; you'll be relieved to hear that I've gone a long way since then working on my pronunciation. 😅 Thanks so much for watching! 🙏
@@beyond_civilizationTruthfully I only know because Uvalde is local-ish to me (haha.) it was a great video I enjoyed it! Keep up the hard work!
Williamson county north of Austin has tons of abandoned bridges.
Stagecoach road in Marshall Marshall TX. I dare you to drive down that road at night.
Sounds like fun. I'll have to check it out! Thank you so much for your support. 🤠🙏
Brazos isn't pronounced the way the man/computer pronounced it in the video. It's Braz-us... not Braz-o-s.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep that in mind for next time.
In Spanish, the latter is more correct.
Broken bridge at 3:57 was used in the movie "the road" with Viggo Mortensen. A sad movie about after some apocylpse.
That is so cool! I was not aware of that detail. Thanks a lot for sharing that. 👍
@@beyond_civilization youtube "man by the bridge scene" they had to fly viggo and that kid in there and out
the kid Kodi Smit-McPhee cries in real life in most of the scenes, he was just a kid, just like i am now and didnt understand film making
The narrator mispronounced nearly every Texas name
Very well researched and very well presented.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging comments! I'm glad you're enjoying my videos.
US Hwy 80 in East Texas was replaced by interstate 20
You missed the abandoned sections of old hwy 59 in polk county.
In East Texas we say Palisteen. The Brazos River is pronounced Brazas. I should know since I have never lived over fifteen miles from the Brazos River,
You're totally correct; I've learned a lot about pronunciation since that video.😅 Thanks a lot for the feedback and support, Larry! 🙏
abandoned rowroads?
What is the coordinates for the original Palestine depot?
Cords on number 1 pls
If you are going to a video on Texas, please get the pronunciations correct.
Uhh hwy 80 runs frm Louisiana all the way thru hallsville tx until u gt to the mesquite tx area so thts nt accurate bt all ws interesting
Please. "Palesteen"
When you visit Texas and do a video or report on Tx (Weather Channel, CNN, etc) PLEASE take the time to ask a local how to pronoun a name. Its' a pet peev. And Houston is not HOW-St-UN, for those N'Yorkers.
Thank you for your feedback! Yes, you're totally right. As I stated in my description, I have learned a lot after making this video, and I now research every single city and name's pronunciation before narrating and publishing any video. Thank you for coming by!
New-aces River
PAL-es-tine is the country.
PAL-es-teen is the city.
It's pronounced "U"valde ... long U.
WTH Dude ! Half the names are mispronounced!
Consider making a phone call to a post office or city office to get a local pronunciation instead of making a fool of yourself and undermining your own credibility. It’s “You-val-dee”. (Rhymes with ‘new valley’).