Branding The Brazos Sculptures

The sculptures are located at the Waco Suspension Bridge which is in downtown Waco.  It has no address, so the easiest way to find it is through a Google search.  Search for the Suspension Bridge.

In 2008, the first pieces of the “Branding the Brazos” sculptures made their debut next to the bridge. The towering Chisholm Trail sculptures, crafted by artist Robert Summers, include an oversized, bronze trail boss driving longhorns on their way to crossing the Brazos. The sculpture group includes three riders on horseback and a herd of 25 longhorn cattle.

Cattle were in fact driven across the suspension bridge in its early days, when it was covered with dirt. It is now lined with thousands of bricks. At the time of its completion in 1870, it was the longest single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi River. The bridge was built with cables supplied by the John Roebling Co., who built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.