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Fulton Street Bridge

Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Photos 

Replacement Bridge

Notice the reused peers from the Fulton Street Bridge

Photo taken by Cliff Darby in January 2010

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BH Photo #155751

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Red River on US167
Location
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Opened March 21, 1963; rehabilitated 1980, replaced 1994
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 359.9 ft.
Total length: 2,074.2 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 58.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.31000, -92.44000   (decimal degrees)
31°18'36" N, 92°26'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/553287/3464093 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Alexandria
Inventory number
BH 44188 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alexandria, Louisiana (7)
Built 1963 (212)
Built during 1960s (1,832)
Lost (20,237)
Lost 1994 (404)
Lost during 1990s (3,777)
Louisiana (665)
Movable (2,778)
Navigable waterway (2,081)
Owned by state (14,485)
 Rapides Parish, Louisiana (19)
Red River of the South (50)
Replaced by new bridge (13,356)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,092)
Through truss (13,345)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,712)
Tower Drive Vertical Lift (65)
Truss (30,158)
Vertical lift (394)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2018: New photo from Joshua Bonnette
  • October 9, 2012: New photo from Jared Mixson
  • February 20, 2010: Added by Cliff Darby

Sources 

  • Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Jared
  • Douglas Butler
  • Joshua Bonnette
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Fulton Street Bridge
Posted August 7, 2018, by Robby Fisher (Hettymay50 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Brian i can tell you that the bridge in NC is not the old Fulton Street Bridge I was 9 years old when they they demolished it they used the parts from the bridge to replace parts to similar bridges in south Louisiana

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted July 21, 2018, by Brian (brian78turner [at] gmail [dot] com)

For those of you looking for photos of the original Fulton Street bridge, I've been told it is still in use but moved to Wilmington, NC. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any documented proof of this claim. I have a coworker that has told me that our (Wilmington, NC) bridge was purchased from Louisiana, and have only been able to dig up limited current use info. The small amount of info available seems to support this. Look up the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in Wilmington, NC to see if this bridge is your original Fulton Street bridge.

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted September 11, 2017, by Cliff Darby (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Historic Aerials has a great image of this bridge in its prime in 1971.

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted April 14, 2015, by Cliff Darby (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Yeah I can't remove the incorrect photos (3 and 4) ... I'll try and contact a webmaster to remove them.

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted April 4, 2015, by Robby fisher (daisyfisf [at] gmail [dot] com)

Here is a picture of the old bridge when it first opened you will notice a difference from picture 3 and 4

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted March 26, 2015, by Robby Fisher (daisyfisf [at] Gmail [dot] com)

The new bridge is not called Fulton street bridge it is called the purple heart memorial bridge

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted March 24, 2015, by Robby fisher (daisyfisf [at] gmail [dot] com)

I don't have a picture of the old bridge

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted March 24, 2015, by Robby fisher (daisyfisf [at] gmail [dot] com)

I don't have a picture of the old bridge

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted March 24, 2015, by Robby fisher (daisyfisf [at] gmail [dot] com)

Neither picture 3 or 4 depicts the old Fulton street bridge it was a vertical lift bridge but it had 3 spans the Alexandria span the main span and the pineville span and two towers

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted October 10, 2012, by Greg Hill (ghill1975la [at] gmail [dot] com)

The third picture is not the former Fulton Street bridge. It is the Jackson Street bridge, which was built to replace the old Murray Street Bridge.

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted November 9, 2011, by Ben Tate (benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Also, the pictures are showing that the new bridge sits on the old bridge's piers.

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted November 9, 2011, by Ben Tate (benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

If you just look at the pictures, you would see a modern bridge. If you look at the info, you will see that the page is referring to a LOST THROUGH TRUSS BRIDGE. Also the first comment on the page is asking if anyone has photos of the lost bridge that this page was created for. Sometimes people post a couple of pictures of the modern bridge to show what replaced it. Please get a life and stop cluttering up the forum page.

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted November 9, 2011, by Anonymous

MODERNE/NON-HISTORIQUE!

Fulton Street Bridge
Posted February 22, 2010, by Cliff Darby (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Anyone have photos of the original bridge? I can't seem to find any on the public internet.