Photos 

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Overview

This photo from Darren Guin shows the bridge before it was made obsolete by a new parallel bridge
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Looking northeast

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Looking southeast

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Deck view

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Vertical lift towers

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Looking up at tower

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Close-up of pulley

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Plaque

Built by
Caddo Parish
Police Jury
W.T. Crawford, Pres.
D.P. Hollis   William Winter
R.E.L. Huckabay   Wm. F. Thoman
R.H. Cullidge   George Thurber
L.B. Phillips   F.C. Nagle
J.A. Sebastian   C.M. Hutchinson
C.E. Perroncel, Parish Treas.
J.T Bullen, Parish Engr.
Waddell & Harrington
Consulting Engineers
Kansas City Mo.
The Midland Bridge Co.
Kansas City Mo.
Contractors
1914

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Overhead sign

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Underneath

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Damage underneath

Photo taken December 2005 by Wayne Kizziar

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Panorama View

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

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Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Caddo Lake on LA 538 at Mooringsport
Location
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1914; lift mechanism disabled in the 1940s; replacement bridge built 1994; rehabilitated and reopened as a pedestrian bridge in 1995
Builders
- Midland Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Waddell & Harrington
Design
Vertical lift Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 95.0 ft.
Total length: 575.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.69609, -93.95787   (decimal degrees)
32°41'46" N, 93°57'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/410212/3618002 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mooringsport
Inventory number
BH 18979 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • February 26, 2008: New photo from Wayne Kizziar
  • December 19, 2005: Posted photos from Wayne Kizziar

Sources 

Comments 

Caddo Lake Bridge
Posted January 8, 2009, by Darren Guin (caddobridg [at] aol [dot] com)

Web site for The Historic Caddo Lake Drawbridge:

http://www.caddolakedrawbridge.com/

Caddo Lake Bridge
Posted February 5, 2008, by Some Guy

This bridge two that was designed by Waddell & Harrington.

The only other bridge like this is the ASB (Armour-Swift-Burlington) Bridge in Kansas City.