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unusual facts about Trinity River



Alonso de León

As a result of his explorations, he was responsible for the names of several Texas rivers, including the Guadalupe River, the Medina River, the Nueces River, and the Trinity River.

History of Fort Worth, Texas

In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, an admired veteran of the Mexican-American War, proposed building ten forts to mark where the west Texas frontier began from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

Texas State Highway Spur 366

In 2012 the Santiago Calatrava designed Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge was opened, extending the Woodall Rodgers west of Interstate 35E across the Trinity River, into West Dallas.


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South Fork Trinity River

The second most recent of the terranes—dating to the Cretaceous—which is composed almost entirely of granite, brought with it a strip of mica that roughly aligns with the present course of the South Fork Trinity River.

Trinity Strand Trail

This portion of Turtle Creek is a small tributary of the Trinity River, with its headwaters located in University Park.