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

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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

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Map 

Street View 

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
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

Comments 

Cross Bayou Bridge
Posted October 11, 2008, by Mackenzie Rudd (lettuce404 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The bridge is no longer used. The Caddo St. crossing leads away from the bridge and the Thatcher St. crossing is just barley existant. The condition should be downgraded to "abandoned".