Trail Overview

This is an easy gravel road that runs from FM 574 to FM 500. It's close to Goldthwaite, Brownwood, and San Saba, Texas. What makes the trail worth driving is the Regency Bridge which crosses the Colorado River. It is a single-lane suspension bridge with a wooden road deck, which was built in 1939 and restored by TxDot in 1999. It has an 8000 lb weight limit. There is the Regency Bridge Campground on the north side of the river which can handle small RVs or trailers.

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Difficulty

This is a maintained gravel road.

History

From the Texas Historical Landmark - 2019. After a series of tragic floods washed out earlier Colorado River crossings here, San Saba and Mills counties jointly built this bridge, named for the Mills County community of Regency. The Austin Bridge Company of Dallas completed construction in 1939. The road deck hangs suspended from two steel cables, each measuring three-and-a-quarter inches in diameter and consisting of 475 strands of galvanized wire. Restored by the Texas Department of Transportation in 1999, this is one of the last suspension bridges open to vehicular travel in Texas."

Technical Rating

Stewart Haas

Nov 16, 2025

Open

Definitely worth a detour. The road was pretty dusty, but quiet, and the bridge was worth a stop.

Mason Williams

May 11, 2025

Open

Great short side trip to check out the Regency Bridge. Views were amazing and driving the Tacoma up on the bridge was so cool!

Big Mike Honcho

Nov 23, 2024

Open

This was a great trip had a wonderful time easy roads and just a fun ride thru texas on a nice fall day. The Regency Bridge is very impressive and it was great to drive and walk over. If this site would make i available to post videos i have a few to post. i would recommend this to everyone.

Kevin Milewski

Jun 22, 2024

Open

An awesome experience to cross that creaky wooden bridge! With our hybrid GC in electric mode we could hear the wood pop and crackle on the way across. Scary but very cool experience!