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US 190 Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Girder bridge over Us 190 Under Icg Rr on US 0190
- Location
- Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1939
- Design
- Girder
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +30.50740, -91.18399 (decimal degrees)
30°30'27" N, 91°11'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/674266/3376413 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Scotlandville
- Inventory number
- BH 51616 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 30, 2013: New photo from M. D. Caillet
- March 5, 2012: New Street View added by David Backlin
- March 5, 2012: Added by Ben Tate
Sources
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
Comments
US 190 Bridge
Yeah, it looks like modification by collision with 14 ft. high trucks!
US 190 Bridge
It certainly appears the railroad decided they needed more load carrying capacity on that span. So with the grace of an artist they simply scabbed up ugly concrete and steel strapping under a somewhat graceful arched span.
It also appears the notorious over height truck likes to victimize this bridge.
Another thought on that note. The bridge could have been hit and damaged so bad that this ugly repair was the only thing the railroad could do to save the span.
US 190 Bridge
What's going on in this picture? It looks like they altered an arch.
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For the life of me I don't understand why they don't install templates before a bridge so that an oversized vehicle would harmlessly hit it before damaging a bridge. It would make a lot of racket or even damage the road vehicle but would prevent damage to the bridge. Better to damage only one vehicle than bring down a costly bridge.