You don’t just drive over the Pecos River bridge—you experience it. At 1,310 feet long and almost 300 feet above the water, the highest highway bridge in the state—on U.S. 90, between Comstock and Langtry, in Southwest Texas—offers heady views into the Pecos gorge, once one of the biggest obstacles to travel in the Southwest. At the northeast end, pull over onto the scenic overlook and marvel at the canyon walls of gray, orange, and white limestone. Look north toward a cliffside overhang that shelters the White Shaman mural, a masterpiece of rock art—dating back as far as four thousand years ago, it depicts the creation story of the hunter-gatherers who once populated the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. (You can’t actually see the art from here,…
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