Dinkey Creek Bridge

Dinkey Creek Bridge is a wooden trestle bridge that crosses Dinkey Creek on the Cypress Creek & Southern Railroad of the Houston Area Live Steamers. The bridge was constructed by David Hannah III for his Browning Railroad. It was later relocated to the Cypress Creek & Southern when the Browning Plantation was dismantled.

David Hannah III wrote:
 * I built the original bridge from a model built by Barry Bogs from LGB plans. He had the original railroad plans and built the unpainted wooden model for his LGB layout. I saw it and said I want one for the Browning Railroad.


 * So using the wooden model which was about 16 inches in length I spent one evening putting some number on a piece of paper and figured I would build it using one inch to the foot. So on the model if a piece of wood was 8 inches I knew I had to cut a piece of wood 8 feet in length. I put the whole thing together using I believe 3/8 inch bolts of different length and square nuts.


 * What most people don't know is that there are two 10 inch steel "I" beams buried in the wooden bridge.

Jim Cash re-stained the bridge in August 2015. The longevity of the bridge is quite remarkable, especially considering the high temperatures and humidity of Houston.