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Texas Street Bridge

Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken June 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

BH Photo #103354

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Cantilevered K through truss bridge over Red River on US 79/US 80 in Shreveport
Location
Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to four-lane traffic
History
Opened to traffic on October 22, 1933; rehabilitated 1984 and 2020
Builder
- List & Weatherly Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Cantilevered K-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 519.8 ft.
Total length: 2,981.1 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Also called
Neon Bridge (tourist name)
Long-Allen Bridge (original official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.51808, -93.74320   (decimal degrees)
32°31'05" N, 93°44'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/429974/3597859 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bossier City
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
12,500
Inventory number
BH 18978 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 8.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arched Cantilever Truss (20)
Bossier City, Louisiana (10)
Bossier Parish, Louisiana (17)
Built 1933 (674)
Built during 1930s (12,247)
Caddo Parish, Louisiana (25)
Have street view (29,896)
K-Truss (95)
List & Weatherly Construction Co. (18)
Louisiana (733)
Navigable waterway (2,224)
 Open (41,203)
Owned by state (16,649)
Red River of the South (52)
Shreveport, Louisiana (13)
Span length 500-1000 feet (408)
Through truss (17,854)
Total length over 2500 feet (966)
Truss (36,752)
US 79 (37)
US 80 (44)

Update Log 

  • February 9, 2022: New photos from Bambi Sharkoman
  • May 10, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 26, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder and other info.
  • February 22, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • April 27, 2017: Updated by Roger Collins: Added opening date.
  • March 31, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • October 13, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • July 10, 2005: Posted additional photos from Wayne Kizziar

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Comments 

Texas Street Bridge
Posted July 23, 2021, by Bradley Wilder

The City of Shreveport is putting lights back on the bridge later in 2021.

Texas Street Bridge
Posted December 19, 2020, by Wbchloe (whbroadw [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Knowing Louisiana politics and driven on this bridge several times, since the bridge was commissioned by Gov. Huey Long. It's here to stay and should be landmarked as historical.

Texas Street Bridge
Posted June 7, 2020, by Brad Smith (gaberdine [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The paint / repair is finished and it is open for 4-lane traffic again. 06/2020

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces a project to rehabilitate the US 80 (Texas Street) Bridge over the Red River in Caddo and Bossier Parishes.

The $15.5 million project went to bid in November 2018, with the contract awarded to Intech Contracting, LLC. It will provide a number of structural repairs, including the bridge deck and joints, pedestrian crosswalk repairs, and repairs to other steel components. The bridge will also be sandblasted and painted, which helps prevent corrosion.

Texas Street Bridge
Posted November 30, 2008, by DANNY SPARKS (dannyssparky [at] aol [dot] com)

WHEN WILL THE LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE BE FINISHED???????????