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Texas Street Bridge

Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana
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Overview

Photo taken June 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Overview
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Red River on US 79/US 80 in Shreveport
Location
Shreveport, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to four-lane traffic
History
Opened to traffic on October 22, 1933; rehabilitated 1984
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
Inventory number
BH 18978 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2015)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 7.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
12,500

Categories 

Arched Cantilever Truss (20)
Bossier City, Louisiana (8)
Bossier Parish, Louisiana (14)
Built 1933 (587)
Built during 1930s (10,471)
Caddo Parish, Louisiana (21)
Cantilevered (290)
Cantilevered truss (246)
Have street view (21,750)
K-Truss (83)
Louisiana (654)
Navigable waterway (1,997)
 Open (36,260)
Owned by state (13,478)
Red River of the South (50)
Shreveport, Louisiana (2)
Span length 500-1000 feet (377)
Structurally deficient (18,340)
Through truss (12,831)
Total length over 2500 feet (790)
Truss (29,328)
US 79 (28)
US 80 (40)

Update Log 

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

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