Williams Trace crosses Oyster Creek where the Sugar Land RR crossed the creek. Cordes and his men crossed the creek here too.

The Sugar Land Railway crossed here before these Williams Trace bridges were bilt over Oyster Creek.

During the time Roy Cordes was Mayor he was honored by the company that developed First Colony, Sugarland Properties.  A bridge built on Williams Trace that crosses Oyster Creek has a plaque on a pedestal noting it as Cordes Crossing.  The dedication ceremony was led by Charlie Howard, an associate at Sugarland Properties.

 

South bound on Williams Trace in Missouri City, Texas.

Williams Trace curves to the right after The Highlands Drive. This is where Williams Trace leaves the railroad right of way as the railroad continued straight ahead. In the next photo, notice that Highway 6 comes around a curve from the rear and makes a straight line to well past DeWalt.

This photo is taken from the location of the Sugar Land RR roadbed.

Old Mill Rd. in Missouri City, Texas on the left, The Gulf Coast Mill [old mill] on the right.

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