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Bayou Macon Bridge

Franklin Parish, Louisiana, and Madison Parish, Louisiana

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West end of Martin Rd. bridge.

Jess Kilgore

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BH Photo #420249

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Bayou Macon on Martin Road
Location
Franklin Parish, Louisiana, and Madison Parish, Louisiana
Status
The west approach has collapsed into Bayou Macon.
History
Built 1964
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 222.0 ft.
Total length: 433.9 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.38500, -91.47500   (decimal degrees)
32°23'06" N, 91°28'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/643446/3584133 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Delhi
Land survey
T. 16 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 7
Inventory number
BH 19007 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,361)
Beam (14,515)
Built 1964 (143)
Built during 1960s (1,919)
Franklin Parish, Louisiana (9)
Louisiana (675)
Madison Parish, Louisiana (14)
Owned by county (20,121)
 Parker through truss (1,244)
Parker truss (1,614)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,898)
Through truss (14,122)
Timber stringer (3,722)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,910)
Truss (31,329)

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  • March 30, 2018: Photo imported by Jess Kilgore
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Bayou Macon Bridge
Posted March 30, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

NBI shows open in 2000, closed in 2004.

Bayou Macon Bridge
Posted March 30, 2018, by Jess Kilgore

As you can see, the bridge is closed to all traffic. It is not intact, as the west end of the bridge collapsed. It appears to have been closed many years. Such a shame to see such a beautiful bridge go to waste.

Bayou Macon Bridge
Posted October 31, 2017, by Cliff Darby (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Wish I was closer and could check out this bridge! IDK if it is open or not; Historic Aerials seems to show it open in 1994. Hard to tell after that. Seems like an odd place to build a bridge in the 1960s, though I suppose I could see a need for a cut-across between 17 and 577.