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Bayou LaCarpe LA 661 Bridge

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
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Bayou LaCarpe LA 661 Draw Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2011

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Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Bayou LaCarpe on LA 661 in Houma
Location
Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1964
Design
Vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 76.1 ft.
Total length: 195.8 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.57379, -90.71207   (decimal degrees)
29°34'26" N, 90°42'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/721632/3273744 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Houma
Inventory number
BH 19144 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 43.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
13,500

Categories 

Built 1964 (110)
Built during 1960s (1,270)
Functionally obsolete (7,110)
Have street view (12,851)
Houma, Louisiana (13)
Louisiana (549)
Movable (1,459)
 Navigable waterway (1,548)
Open (29,394)
Owned by state (10,152)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,834)
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana (37)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,885)
Vertical lift (280)

Update Log 

  • August 30, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
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Bayou LaCarpe LA 661 Bridge
Posted July 15, 2013, by Douglas Butler (drawbridges [at] lycos [dot] com)

Bayou LaCarpe lift bridge drawing.

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