LOAM - Little River Bridge
Photos
01
The flood of 2016 appears to have destroyed the western approaches
Photo taken by Cliff Darby in March 2017
BH Photo #385241
Description
The rail line that became the Louisiana Midland (LOAM) fell under different owners over the years. The timeline for those predecessor rail lines are as followed:Louisiana & Arkansas Railway (L&A)- 1903 to 1946 Louisiana Midland (LM) - 1946 to 1967 Illinois Central & Gulf (ICG) - 1967 to 1974 Louisiana Midland (LOAM) - 1974 o 1982
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Little River on Abandoned Louisiana Midland Railway
- Location
- Grant Parish, Louisiana, and LaSalle Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built 1904
- Railroads
- - Louisiana Midland Railway (LOAM)
- Louisiana and Arkansas Railway (LA)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.75297, -92.34631 (decimal degrees)
31°45'11" N, 92°20'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/561909/3513240 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Tullos
- Inventory number
- BH 61918 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 3, 2019: Document added by Brian Allison
- April 4, 2017: New photos from Cliff Darby
- August 1, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- July 24, 2014: Added by Luke
Sources
- Luke
- Abandoned Rails - Louisiana Midland - Photos 22 & 23 feature the bridge
- RR Picture Archives - Image
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Cliff Darby - cliffsta1987 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Brian Allison
Comments
2016 spring flood destroyed the west approach to the bridge. Photo taken March 16, 2016
Taken from drone October 20, 2015
L&A / Louisiana Midland little river bridge looking towards Grant Parish. September 26, 2012
Attached is the pdf file of original documents and plan for the little river bridge. It almost was a draw span until plans changed. LaMidlandrr@gmail.com
The flooding last year appears to have destroyed the western approach. I'll add photos when I have the chance later today.
Well. I THOUGHT I created a page for it. I stand corrected. I could've sworn I made a page for this bridge already. My apologies. I'll upload my pics of the bridge for this page.
No. You are mistaken. The bridge you have mapped on THIS page is already listed here on the website and I posted pictures of it. I didn't know the name of the former rail line, so i named it LA 500 rail bridge. Your mapped bridge is the same location as the bridge page I created a few years ago. If you intended to list a DIFFERENT bridge then check your coordinates and location.
No, it isn't.
Perhaps you are confusing this bridge with the lift bridge on the same railroad line that crosses Little River at Archie, which is downstream/east of here.
This bridge is already listed on the website. This is a double post. Someone should merge the two pages.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/la/grant/loam---little-river/
Thank you for all of these contributions, Brian! Interesting to imagine a movable span at this location. Back then the area was buzzing with the logging industry, and I can see how bold innovators imagined making the Little River navigable to the Black and Mississippi rivers.