Photos
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Overview Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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View from a distance Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Side view of main span Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Oblique view of main span Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Approach deck truss Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Pier and truss connections Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Historic marker Photo taken July 2004 by Wayne Kizziar |
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South Approach-Side View Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2010 |
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South Approach Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2010 |
Facts
- Overview
- Waddell "A" truss bridge over Cross Bayou on the Kansas City Southern Railroad in Shreveport, near Spring Street. One of only 2 surviving Waddell "A" truss bridges in the US, the Linn Creek Bridge in Missouri being the other.
- Location
- Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Originally built in 1890 over the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. Re-erected over Cross Bayou adjacent to downtown Shreveport in 1926. Used by KCS into the 1980's.
- Design
- Waddell "A" through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 127 ft.
Total length: 490 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 23, 1995
- Also called
- Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.51962, -93.74991 (decimal degrees)
32°31'11" N, 93°44'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/429568/3598282 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 145 ft. above sea level
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 95000347 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 18982 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 25, 2010: New photos from David Backlin
- March 23, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Added Street View
- March 29, 2009: Updated by Curtis Lee: updated historical info, coordinates, altitude, NRHP, etc.
- October 12, 2008: Updated by Wayne Kizziar
Sources
- Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
- Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net