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Sabine River Bridge

Newton County, Texas, and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
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Photo Credit: Patrick Feller, CC BY 2.0

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Overview
Swing bridge over Sabine River on TX 12/LA 12 in Deweyville
Location
Newton County, Texas, and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1936
Design
Deck plate girder swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 327.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 2011
Also called
Deweyville Swing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.30361, -93.74361   (decimal degrees)
30°18'13" N, 93°44'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/428498/3352662 (zone/easting/northing)
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Inventory numbers
TXNBI 201760049901001 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 11000346 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
LANBI 071000120100001
BH 33298 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2010)
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: 52.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
4,600

Categories 

Built 1938 (581)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (15)
Deck girder (1,800)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Girder (3,237)
Have street view (9,891)
Louisiana (518)
Movable (1,355)
NR-listed (2,354)
 Newton County, Texas (12)
Open (28,310)
Owned by state (9,808)
Plate girder (2,251)
Sabine River (12)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
State line crossing (513)
Swing (534)
Texas (1,526)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)

Update Log 

  • July 4, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  • June 22, 2010: New Street View added by Cliff Darby

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Sabine River bridge
Posted June 22, 2010, by Noel Hollyfield

The bridge was built in 1938 (see Louisiana statistics for bridge).

I was there on opening day.A number of marching bands were there to celebrate the bridge opening.I remember that the high school band from Eunice Louisiana was one of them.