Denton in Denton County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

County Line Road Bridge at Denton Creek

Photographed by Joe Lotz

1. County Line Road Bridge at Denton Creek Marker

Inscription.

County Line Road Bridge was installed in 1940 over Denton Creek on the Denton-Wise county line to give a number of communities access to the newly improved and gravel-paved section of Texas Highway 24, now US 380, between Denton and Decatur. The bridge, in its original location, was a seventy-foot-long by eighteen-foot-wide pony truss steel bridge. County Line Road served as a north-south feeder road connecting Highway 24 to the Stony Community. On May 9, 2001, the bridge was relocated to serve as a pedestrian bridge in Denton's North Lakes Park. Through the efforts of preservationist Mildred Hawk, this was the first of the old steel bridges to be adopted and repurposed eventually bringing state-wide recognition to Denton County's preservation of its historic bridges.
Denton County Historic Landmark

Erected 2016 by Denton County Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 33° 14.199′ N, 97° 9.502′ W. Marker was in Denton, Texas, in Denton County.

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It was on North Bonnie Brae Street north of North Lake Trail, on the right when traveling north. Access to the marker and bridge can be had by parking in the North Lakes Disc Golf Course parking lot off of North Bonnie Brae Street. The marker is towards the lake on a path to the bridge on the left. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Denton TX 76207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (approx. ¼ mile away); First Baptist Church of Denton (approx. one mile away); First Christian Church of Denton (approx. 1.1 miles away); North Texas State Fair and Rodeo (approx. 1.2 miles away); Denton Senior High School

County Line Road Bridge at Denton Creek image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, November 30, 2025

2. County Line Road Bridge at Denton Creek

(approx. 1.6 miles away); First University Building (approx. 1.7 miles away); Evers House (approx. 1.7 miles away); Mounts-Wright House (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Denton.

Missing County Line Road Bridge at Denton Creek Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, November 30, 2025

3. Missing County Line Road Bridge at Denton Creek Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2021, by Joe Lotz of Flower Mound, Texas. This page has been viewed 851 times since then and 57 times this year. Last updated on November 30, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. Photos: 1. submitted on August 3, 2021, by Joe Lotz of Flower Mound, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on November 30, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.