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 |
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
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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
- Darren Guin
- Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
- Wikipedia
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu