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KCS - Red River Bridge

Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Photos 

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Street View 

Description 

Bridge was originally downtown but moved to make room for I-49 and the new US-167 bridges.

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Red River on Kansas City Southern Railroad
Location
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open
Railroad
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.27062, -92.39080   (decimal degrees)
31°16'14" N, 92°23'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/557993/3459753 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Alexandria
Inventory number
BH 55074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alexandria, Louisiana (7)
Concrete girder (1,021)
Deck girder (5,869)
Girder (10,442)
Have street view (27,212)
Kansas City Southern Railway (226)
Louisiana (709)
Open (40,025)
Owned by railroad (12,673)
Plate girder (8,099)
 Polygonal Warren through truss (438)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (110)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,064)
Railroad (15,801)
Rapides Parish, Louisiana (17)
Red River of the South (51)
Through truss (15,365)
Truss (33,277)
Warren truss (6,659)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2013: Added by Jared Mixson

Sources 

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Comments 

KCS Red River Bridge
Posted March 31, 2013, by Anonymous

Technically it wasn't moved. This bridge was built and that bridge was removed at the same time they removed the Fulton street bridge.