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US90 Calcasieu River Bridge

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

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US 90 Calcasieu River Bridge

Louisiana

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #288779

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Overview
Lost Bridge over Calcasieu River on US 90, northern approach still intact
Location
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1916; Replaced 1952
Builders
- Federal Bridge Co. of Waukesha, Wisconsin (Bascule Fabricator)
- Fruin-Conlon Contracting Co. of St. Louis, Missouri (Arch Contractor)
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas (Bascule Erector + Arch Contractor)
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Bascule Design)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.22040, -93.25108   (decimal degrees)
30°13'13" N, 93°15'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/475837/3343234 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 55152 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,024)
Built 1916 (628)
Built during 1910s (8,759)
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (22)
Calcasieu River (3)
Concrete girder (839)
Deck girder (4,495)
Federal Bridge Co. of Waukesha, Wisconsin (1)
Fruin-Conlon Contracting Co. (1)
Girder (7,951)
HAER documented (1,096)
Have street view (22,077)
 Lake Charles, Louisiana (10)
Lost (18,687)
Lost 1952 (28)
Lost during 1950s (387)
Louisiana (655)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. (99)
Movable (2,705)
Old Spanish Trail (10)
Replaced by new bridge (12,384)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (169)
Strauss underneath counterweight bascule (49)
US 90 (61)

Update Log 

  • December 23, 2016: New photos from Luke
  • September 30, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added builders
  • August 5, 2015: New photo from Luke
  • July 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 8, 2013: Added by Jared Mixson

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US90 Calcasieu River Bridge
Posted December 23, 2016, by Keli Rylance (kelerin [at] gmail [dot] com)

& another from the same Employee's Bulletin. Bridge described as reinforced concrete connector of the Old Spanish Trail highway.

US90 Calcasieu River Bridge
Posted December 23, 2016, by Keli Rylance (kelerin [at] gmail [dot] com)

There is a very good description and photographic reproduction of the bridge's bascule section in the January 1917 issue of the Employees' Bulletin of Robert W. Hunt & Company, Engineers. [public domain].