Beautiful Mosaics in Bryan, Easy to Miss

So, I’m on my way to a meeting on the other side of Wellborn and Villa Maria and I notice that the underpass is finished by the golf course. I hadn’t driven over on that side of town for some time and was glad to see that I wasn’t being diverted over the railroad tracks anymore.

The new underpass is at Welborne and Villa Maria.

“This looks nice,” I said to myself. Then I noticed that there were what looked like colorful paintings or something on the walls and pylons under there. I set myself to check on them on my way home from the meeting.

The truth is, I almost missed them again…I had to turn around and go back. Well, I got a better look and they were mosaics in the walls. I barely saw a flower and a cow I think.

Well, I found the closest place I could to park (which was in an apartment complex at the top of the hill) and parked and started the trek.

At least there’s a nice wide sidewalk.

Well, it turns out there are 20 mosaics under there. There is in fact a cow, and flowers. There’s a bluebonnet, some lilies and maybe a Mexican Hat. Well, there’s also a train, an Oil Pump, a water tower and even a capital building. They are huge, and they are beautiful.

It’s the coolest thing to see them up close and see that they are made out of hundreds of little centimeter square colored blocks of glass tile. They are just so pretty. I love that little pieces make a large finished piece. It’s really a great picture of what a community should look like.

The problem is that most people will not ever see them. I probably won’t ever get to take my kids to see them because, well, it’s kinda dangerous, there’s 3 lanes of traffic going each way under there.

I guess it’s for the people who walk under there, but I’m just not sure how many people are going to walk under there. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe there’s a bunch of people walking under there…or there’s a plan for the future…I don’t know.

Maybe there’s a bunch of traffic there during rush hours and the drivers now get to look at pretty pictures. That’s nice.

Anyway, I’d say it’s most definitely worth a trip. It looks like they are well lit at night, and you’ll have to park up at the apartments. I can’t suggest any ice cream shop or place to eat around there, well, because there really isn’t any. There’s a golf course, some apartments, a neighborhood and a rail road track.

Well, it’s still worth the trip.

Here’s the Eagle’s article on it.

It looks like this was a pretty big project. Nice. Here’s a map of the area.

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