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Port Vincent - Amite River Bridge
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Port Vincent - Amite River Bridge
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BH Photo #457021
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
- Design
- Warren through truss with all verticals
- 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)
Update Log
- September 29, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
- September 29, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- August 24, 2013: Updated by M. D. Caillet: Added categories "Abandoned", "Amite River"
Sources
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com