The burnt bridge near Buffalo Lake

Texas · United States · Bridge

A Texas prom legend attached to a burnt out bridge on a road so narrow that if you take the wrong turn you have to reverse the whole way out.

The site lies between Vernon and Iowa Park in Texas, on a road turning off the main highway near Buffalo Lake. Directions matter here more than usual. At the T in the road, going left takes you onto a stretch that narrows so far that anyone who continues has to reverse the whole way back out. Going right brings you to the bridge, which is burnt out.

The story belongs to the bridge and it is a prom night legend, one of the most widely told shapes in American folklore. A couple driving home from the dance ran out of petrol on the bridge. The nearest filling station was twenty miles away, and he set off to walk it.

She was alone in the car when she heard knocking. When she looked up there were two men outside.

Every region has a version of this story, and they are almost never true. What is real is the road, the bridge and the isolation, and anyone who drives out there will understand immediately why the tale attached itself to this particular spot.

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Where is The burnt bridge near Buffalo Lake located?

The burnt bridge near Buffalo Lake is in Texas, United States.