Bayou Courtableau Bridge

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Port Barre bridge

swing machinery pier removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014

BH Photo #310469

Overview: Steel stringer bridge with removable span over Bayou Courtableau on LA 103 in Porte Barne
Location: Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1937
Design: Steel stringer with one removable span
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 271.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.55889, -91.95540 (decimal degrees)
30°33'32" N, 91°57'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/600182/3381181 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Port Barre
Inventory number: BH 54056 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2015): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 60.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 6,500

Bayou Courtableau Bridge

Posted April 10, 2017, by Anonymous

Moveable up; removable down. Or vice-versa.

Bayou Courtableau Bridge

Posted April 10, 2017, by Cliff Darby (clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

How is one span "removable"? Curious how this works.