Status: Open to traffic
On the long-term replacement list for LA DOTD, but no clear timeframe set
Location: 30.237050,-93.246842
Carries I-10 over Calcasieu River
Design: truss/through/warren/verticals
Design Details: Warren through truss with all verticals
Total Length: 6605.2 Feet
Span Length: 419.8 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Calcasieu River on I-10 in Lake Charles
History: Built 1952
Built: 1952
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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150271
Side View from Below
Photo taken by David Backlin in November 2009
150272
West Approach
Photo taken by David Backlin in December 2009
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West Portal
Photo taken by David Backlin in December 2009
167962
East approach
Showing the elevation change
Photo taken by Cliff Darby in June 2010
167963
East portal
Photo taken by Cliff Darby in June 2010
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LA DOTD
283856
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Photo taken by Patrick Feller
283859
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
283860
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
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Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
297831
Calcasieu River IH-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2014
317047
Photo taken in February 2015
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Photo taken in February 2015
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Photo taken in February 2015
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Photo taken in February 2015
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Photo taken in February 2015
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Photo taken in February 2015
318043
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking West down approach
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318045
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318047
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318048
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318051
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail approach and span connection
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318052
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking west
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318053
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318054
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318055
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318056
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318057
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318058
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
318059
Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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Calcasieu River I-10 Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.065613,-93.347745
Carries LA 27 over Intracoastal Waterway
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Vertical lift
Total Length: 2903.1 Feet
Span Length: 300.0 Feet
Overview: Vertical lift bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on LA 27
History: Built 1977
Built: 1977
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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272347
Intracoastal Waterway LA 27 Bridge
Open position
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
272348
Intracoastal Waterway LA 27 Bridge
Closed position
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
283837
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
283838
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.082890,-93.285792
Carries LA 384 over Black Bayou / Intracoastal Waterway
Design: floating/pontoon
Design Details: Pontoon Swing Bridge
Total Length: 634.6 Feet
Span Length: 165.0 Feet
Overview: Pontoon Swing bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on LA 384
History: Built 1979
Built: 1979
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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307411
Looking east
Bridge closed to barge traffic, open to vehicular traffic
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
307412
North end
Closed to barge traffic and open to vehicular traffic
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
307413
Looking north
Barge passing through
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
307414
Looking north. Bridge open to barge traffic
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
307418
Looking north
Barge passing
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
307419
South end
Open to barge traffic
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.296910,-93.248855
Carries LA 378, Davis Road over West Fork Calcasieu River
Design: other
Design Details: Vertical lift
Total Length: 623.8 Feet
Span Length: 100.0 Feet
Overview: Vertical lift bridge over West Fork Calcasieu River on LA 378 in Moss Bluff
History: Built 1968
Built: 1968
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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275145
LA 378 Bridge
Good view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
284203
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284204
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284205
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284206
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284207
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
468665
Moss Bluff Drawbridge
Photo from old postcard
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.129963,-92.907239
Carries Lorrain Road over Bayou Lacassine
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 209.0 Feet
Span Length: 19.0 Feet
Overview: Wooden bridge over Bayou Lacassine on Lorrain Road
History: Built ca. 1920 as a wooden drawbridge; closed to traffic March 2, 1998; reconstructed and reopened July 1, 2004
Built: ca. 1920
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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284133
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284134
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
284135
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
470822
Lorrain Bridge 1
Bayou Lacassine is overgrown.
Photo taken by Cliff Darby
470823
Lorrain Bridge 2
Kinda dangerous with the overgrown bayou. Without the boat ramp and the moorings you wouldn’t know how deep this is.
Photo taken by Cliff Darby
470824
Approach
Photo taken by Cliff Darby
470825
Portal View
Photo taken by Cliff Darby
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.236558,-93.384450
Carries US 90 over Drainage canal
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over a drainage canal on US 90
History:
Built:
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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150267
Looking East
Photo taken by David Backlin in November 2009
150268
Behind South Rail
Photo taken by David Backlin in November 2009
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South Rail
Photo taken by David Backlin in November 2009
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North Rail
Photo taken by David Backlin in November 2009
Status: Destroyed by fire
Location: 30.099856,-93.699955
Carries Old US 90 over Sabine River Swamp
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost timber stringer bridge over Sabine River Swamp on Old US 90
History: Built in 1927; destroyed by fire in 1973
Built: 1927
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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309757
Looking West
Boat ramp and existing terminus of Old US Hwy 90 at East Orange
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
309758
Looking West
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
309759
Looking West
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.201111,-93.325278
Carries LA-108 over Bayou D'Inde
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 720.2 Feet
Span Length: 40.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Bayou D'Inde on LA-108
History: Built 1945
Built: 1945
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 30.238444,-93.180436
Carries US 171 over Union Pacific Railroad
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 626.0 Feet
Span Length: 39.0 Feet
Overview: Lost concrete tee beam bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on US 171
History: Built 1937
Built: 1937
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Status: Replaced
Location: 30.289846,-93.704528
Carries Kansas City Southern Railway over Sabine River
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony plate girder bridge over Sabine River on Kansas City Southern Railway
History:
Built:
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Status: Open
Location: 30.238154,-93.246887
Carries Union Pacific Railroad, Lafayette Subdivision over Calcasieu River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Swing through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss swing bridge over Calcasieu River on Union Pacific Railroad, Lafayette Subdivision
History: Now with a fixed truss and a swing truss span, this bridge once had another fixed truss span.
Built: 1966
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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283821
Patrick Feller
283822
Patrick Feller
283823
Patrick Feller
283975
Up - Calcasieu River Bridge
Lake Charles LA
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2014
320396
UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP Calcasieu River Bridge pano2
7-panel Pratt span
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP Calcasieu River Bridge pano3
Swing span
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Abutement
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Connection
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Eastern approach
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
320414
UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
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UP Calcasieu River Bridge pano4
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in March 2015
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 30.219180,-93.251039
Carries US 90 over Calcasieu River
Design: unknown
Design Details: Total length of the structure was 1782'. The bridge proper was 817' long with a 103' wide channel opening flanked by three 96' arches on either side. The bascule span was an electrically operated 103' double-leaf trunnion requiring 80 seconds to open. The southern approach contained one 30' girder span, and the northern approach was 906' long, containing 29 30' girder spans.
Total Length: 1782.0 Feet
Span Length: 103.0 Feet
Overview: Lost bridge over Calcasieu River on US 90; northern approach still intact
History: Built 1916; Removed 1952
Built: 1916
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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288779
US 90 Calcasieu River Bridge
Louisiana
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
373651
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by Keli Rylance
373650
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by Keli Rylance
334413
From "The Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, Inc., engineers and designers of trunnion, bascule and direct lift bridges." by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company. Published 1920.
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
462494
US90 Calcasieu River Bridge
looking east
Photo from old postcard
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.238104,-93.246627
Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Calcasieu River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over the Calcasieu River on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific)
History: One truss is removed
Built: 1907
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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283976
L&A - Calcasieu River Bridge
Swing bridge in the middle of 2 fixed trusses
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
429026
Photo taken by the Southern Pacific Railroad; Used under Fair Use.
462511
SP - Calcasieu River Bridge
Photo from old postcard
Status: Removed
Location: 30.240062,-93.246857
Carries Kansas City Southern over Calcasieu River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss swing
2 Parker truss approaches
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over the Calcasieu River on Kansas City Southern RR
History:
Built: 1897
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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283977
KCS - Calcasieu River Bridge
Closed between trusses
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
429004
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 30.197385,-93.276103
Carries Interstate 210 (Lake Charles Bypass) over Prien Lake/Calcasieu River
Design: girder
Design Details: Girder
Total Length: 8500.4 Feet
Span Length: 450.2 Feet
Overview: Girder bridge over Prien Lake/Calcasieu River on Interstate 210
History: Built 1962
Built: 1962
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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317044
Photo taken in February 2015
317045
Photo taken in February 2015
317046
Photo taken in February 2015
Status: Open to pedestrians only
Location: 30.206882,-93.240424
Carries walkway over Contraband Bayou
Design: girder/pony/concrete
Design Details: Concrete through girder draw
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete pony/through girder bridge over Contraband Bayou on walkway
History:
Built:
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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289029
Contraband Bayou Drawbridge
Double leaf cable stayed drawbridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013
467516
Contraband Bayou Bridge
Photo taken by
Status: No longer exists
Location: 30.289954,-93.319087
Carries Kansas City Southern RR over Houston River
Design: unknown
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Bridge over Houston River on Kansas City Southern RR
History: Built 1900
Built: 1900
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Status: Unknown status
Location: 30.215680,-93.371171
Carries Pedestrian traffic over I 10
Design: girder/deck
Design Details: Deck girder
Total Length: 359.9 Feet
Span Length: 120.1 Feet
Overview: Deck girder bridge over I-10 carrying a footpath
History: Built 1968
Built: 1968
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 30.298129,-93.187735
Carries US 171 over Calcasieu River
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss vertical lift
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Calcasieu River on former US 171
History: Built 1924; bypassed 1969; removed ca. 1972
Built: 1924
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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338243
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013
338244
Moss Bluff LA Railroad bridge
Photo taken
429006
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
487338
Moss Bluff Bridge Calcasieu River Calcasieu Parish
Photo taken by The Louisiana Highway Commission
Status: Removed
Location: 30.266617,-93.197899
Carries Southern Pacific Railroad over English Bayou
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over English Bayou on Southern Pacific Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 30.270887,-93.177278
Carries US 171 over English Bayou
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 115.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost bridge over English Bayou on former US 171
History: Built 1915; bypassed 1969; removed ca. 1972
Built: 1915
Location: Calcasieu Parish
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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
