Looking West
Photo taken by Patrick Feller
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #309758
The bridge was set on fire in 1973, leaving the approach to the former Sabine River bridge and the East Orange area inaccessible by land. More information and photos are available here: http://www.texasfreeway.com/Other/Louisiana/Historic/abandon... and here: http://www.houstonfreeways.com/modern/2005-04-23_old_us_90_b...
I'm looking for a recipe for Pete Aucoin's chicken sauce piquant. I'm 83, grew up in Orange, and ate at Pete's many a Sunday. And we always looked over the back railing at the alligators......in the slough or bayou or whatever it was.
Wish I could go back once....
I'm so glad for these pictures--no one I know is still living to talk with about those times.
Hey Randy... Google Earth historical imagery goes back to 1989, and as of that date, the only thing standing were all the pilons from the west to the east. Do you have any pictures you could add of the old bridge?
Glad I was looking at La. bridges on the web. I grew up in the area and fished from the bridge often before it was burnt. Not to sure of East Orange Louisiana, all this time I thought it was called Toomey. I also do not think both ends were set on fire, although its been a while but last time I was fishing from a boat the west side of the bridge was still there.
Wow, awesome find! There was also a swing bridge that crossed the Sabine River built in the 20s and removed in the 60s with the completion of I-10. I'll add it later tonight.
https://imgur.com/gallery/kWUEy
There is a picture here that may suggest the extreme west end boards may not have burned.