TRO Bridge Location Revealed

          Finally!!!! TRO is an acronym.... so narrowing down this place has been difficult. The breadcrumbs of directions on the internet all said "long bridge going over water and when you walk across you will feel something grabbing your legs and no one makes it across". Those words were echoed across the internet on every forum, page blog and site we looked at and are the worst directions ever. We did find one that said to look Northwest outside of the San Antonio city limits and that there was a sign stating TRO bridge. So we started our search in that area. First digging up what the TRO could mean and speaking with lots and lots of locals. We finally came across a man in the city of Fredericksburg. He was in his mid 70's white hair and very interesting. He used to build railroad tracks and had written a book on rail in south Texas (JACKPOT)! He gave us directions, made us laugh and sells Monster for only 2 bucks a can but he sells them with this warning.... "You know what happens when you drink a monster?" Me - "No." Old man - "You turn into a mmmmooooonnsssterrrrrr". With our new set of directions, this is after three hours of driving around the northwest area and zooming in on every train overpass on google earth, we set off on what we know is going to finally be it. Days of research had paid off. 

          When we arrived we could feel that this is it plus it matched the "long bridge over water" description everyone and their mother had posted on the internet. This place is far larger than the Donkey Lady Bridge and The Devil's Bridge combined, much scarier than The Haunted Train Tracks, more moans and cries than the hollering creek lady aka La Llorona and far more elusive than the Asylum or Abandoned Boys Home. While it's not in San Antonio the TRO bridge as its repeatedly referred to should definitely be included as one of the Alamo City's finest haunts. The area is extremely dark and of course there are no parking, no trespassing and even a guard on duty sign posted everywhere. The bridge is 1,070 feet across with three large metal trusses over a road and river. There are sheep and goat farms who's bleats and baas mixed in with the hooing of owls really lends to the creep factor but, the best part is that there are at least four smallish cemeteries that date back to the early 1800's all around the area. Our experience there was amazing from seeing a man in black twice, having the feeling of being pulled off the bridge and nearly going over the edge, hearing cries, worrying about falling through the rotted wooden railroad ties to an 80 foot drop to finally having to low crawl military style (or log roll yourself as one crew-member did) along the last 60 feet of track to avoid the spotlights of the police that had ended up arriving to search for us. So almost busted!!! There are several homes around the bridge but access is easy. Park on the south east side of the bridge and the gate isn't even locked. Again there are several homes so light discipline is super important. There is no trespassing there so if you enter it is at your own risk. If you enter you will be breaking the law and I do not condone it. You can park at the park a mile up the road and walk the road that goes under the bridge and stay on public access but you wont be going over the bridge then will you. I definitely suggest starting from the south east side to cross as the north west side of the bridge is far more rotted and will discourage you immediately from crossing. I'm 6'1, 240 lbs and it held my weight and it used to carry trains so it is sturdy however, before they added the metal trusses it did have a collapse with a train on it. This was a freight line so there weren't passenger cars going across only the crew of the train. That being said not all of the ties are sturdy and many have holes so tread lightly and carefully. The metal tracks or rails were removed many many years ago leaving only the wooden ties.

          In another blog I will detail our amazing experience. Video was taken and is being gone over for anything unusual and will be uploaded soon and we will give a history of the bridge as well. For now here is the location and directions. 29.976735,-98.845995 - If you copy and paste that into google earth you will see it. This bridge is known as the Guadalupe River Railroad Crossing. TRO is a generic term from long ago for many railway overpasses in Texas but the story of the paranormal experiences matches this bridge according to old white haired locals that know the texas rail ways inside and out and many other locals who by the way act as if were crazy every time we ask about a location so I will be bringing you interviews as well because they love to share their experiences and/or advice. The bridge is near Sisterdale, TX but is technically in Comfort, TX. This is about 45 miles from downtown San Antonio, TX and just about ten to fifteen minutes north of Boerne, TX.

        

  Directions follow:

Click to see TRO Bridge on Google Maps Page

1. Merge onto I-10W / US 87 N
2. Take exit 524 toard US 87 BUS/Comfort
3. Merge onto US 87 Bus (Road forks, stay to the right)
4. Turn right onto RM473E (turn right at first signal)
5. After 3.7 miles take a sharp right onto River Bend Rd
6. Follow river bend rd and you will see the bridge. You can not miss it. Again best place to enter is the far side of the bridge. South East

This address is the nearest to it but puts you .6 miles past the bridge:

116 River Bend Rd

Comfort, TX 78013

We did make it all the way across, It was scary and there is definitely some creepy, spooky, spiritual, hauntingly worrisome things happening here. Can't wait to share the details of our experience, paranormal and otherwise, and the real history of this beautiful bridge soon. Spread the word,  plus one us, like our twitter, Facebook and youtube channel and if you have any experiences to share or thoughts or need the directions to be stated more clearly please leave comments. Pictures and videos to follow so stay posted Alamo City and as always keep it creepy San Antonio

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