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Old Amite River Bridge

Livingston Parish, Louisiana, and Ascension Parish, Louisiana

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Description 

The bridge opened on September 30, 1933, replacing a ferry that operated here. It was built from two old, abandoned bridges: a swing span from 1916 that crossed the Bayou Manchac on Jefferson Highway (then US-61, now LA-73) and a fixed span that crossed the Amite River on US-190 on the Baton Rouge-Hammond Highway (present-day Florida Blvd.). The bridge collapsed August 3, 1959 when a truck loaded with logs drove on it.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Amite River at Port Vincent on LA-42
Location
Ascension Parish, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, and Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Status
Collapsed
History
Collapsed 1959
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.33194, -90.85167   (decimal degrees)
30°19'55" N, 90°51'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/706532/3357524 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
French Settlement
Inventory number
BH 57747 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amite River (7)
Ascension Parish, Louisiana (4)
Built 1933 (619)
Built during 1930s (11,050)
Collapsed (284)
Livingston Parish, Louisiana (20)
 Lost (21,200)
Lost 1959 (61)
Lost during 1950s (522)
Louisiana (672)
Owned by state (14,881)

Update Log 

  • August 24, 2013: Updated by M. D. Caillet: Added categories "Abandoned", "Amite River"

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