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Nezpique Bayou Bridge

Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, and Acadia Parish, Louisiana

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Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Nezpique Bayou on Route 97
Location
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, and Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1916
Design
Swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.24533, -92.62530   (decimal degrees)
30°14'43" N, 92°37'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/536049/3346029 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jennings
Land survey
T. 9 S., R. 3 W. Sec. 43
Elevation
4 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 69431 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Acadia Parish, Louisiana (10)
Built 1916 (727)
Built during 1910s (9,971)
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana (12)
Lost (28,514)
Louisiana (728)
Movable (3,115)
Owned by state (16,561)
Swing (1,562)

Update Log 

  • September 27, 2015: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
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Nezpique Bayou Bridge
Posted November 26, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Based on Mr. Sensat's comment I changed the name to reflect the one on the 1948 topo. In addition, the pin is on the border of two parishes, neither of which is Evangeline. Section number is greater than 36 due to the unusual surveying in this area.

Des Cannes Bayou Bridge
Posted November 26, 2018, by Dennis Sensat (dsensat09 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This info is incorret. That bridge crosses Bayou Nepiqiquis. Bridge is known as Janki Bridge. Hwy 100 which is nearby about 8 miles NE does cross Des Cannes.

Just a note from stories of the past, there was a hand pull ferry on Bayou Des Cannes between Crochet Rd and Fabacher Rd which was the main road which linked Lake Charles with Opelousas (then Parish Seat}