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UP - Houma Lift Bridge
Photos
Looking east
Photo taken by Jann Mayer in June 2009
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #241012
Description
The bridge was moved to Freeport, TX, by barge along the Intracoastal Waterway to replace a deteriorating structure there. The span was moved intact.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren through truss bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Removed and relocated to Freeport, Texas, in late 2010
- History
- Built in 1982 to replace an earlier swing bridge. Abandoned in 1991 and moved to Freeport, TX in 2010
- Builder
- - Modjeski & Masters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Design)
- Railroad
- - Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 258.0 ft.
Total length: 258.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.58145, -90.71702 (decimal degrees)
29°34'53" N, 90°43'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/721136/3274584 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 4 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 53783 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 5, 2012: Updated by Jann Mayer: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Relocated", "Union Pacific Railroad"
Related Bridges
- UP - Old Brazos River Lift Bridge (Parts reused in)
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I have been with Modjeski and Masters for almost 15 years now. At the time the bridge was relocated I was on the Galveston Causeway Vertical Lift Bridge Replacement project. I had several photos of the Bridge as it was being transported to Freeport, TX.
This is a link to the Modjeski and Masters, Inc. video about the project.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=907sjacNdGw