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Lockport Company Canal Bridge

Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

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Photo taken by James Baughn

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Overview
Vertical lift bridge on LA 1 over Company Canal in Lockport
Location
Lockport, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1959
Design
Vertical lift Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 410.0 ft.
Deck width: 28.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.64495, -90.54477   (decimal degrees)
29°38'42" N, 90°32'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/737676/3281963 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
11,400
Inventory number
BH 19054 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 15.5 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1959 (328)
Built during 1950s (3,870)
Canal (39)
Deck girder (5,865)
Girder (10,429)
Have street view (27,201)
LA 1 (12)
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (29)
Lockport, Louisiana (2)
 Louisiana (709)
Movable (3,020)
Navigable waterway (2,164)
Open (40,007)
Owned by state (16,137)
Plate girder (8,089)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,252)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,285)
Vertical lift (421)

Update Log 

  • August 23, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 4, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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Lockport Company Canal Bridge
Posted March 5, 2019, by phillip lebeau (lebeau3d [at] gmail [dot] com)

Got the drone out and took this photo of the Vertical lift bridge on LA 1 over Company Canal in Lockport Louisiana. Built 1959. Design: Vertical lift Deck plate girder.

Lockport Company Canal Bridge
Posted August 10, 2016, by Darrell Berry (darrell [dot] berry [at] meadhunt [dot] com)

Bridge length is actually 370 feet. The 20' long concrete approach slabs at each end of the bridge are not contributing elements to the bridge length.