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Ouachita River LA 2 Bridge

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and Union Parish, Louisiana

Photo 

Oauchita River bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #291061

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Swing through truss bridge over Ouachita River on LA 2 in Sterlington
Location
Sterlington, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and Union Parish, Louisiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1931
Design
Swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 319.8 ft.
Total length: 924.6 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.69667, -92.08667   (decimal degrees)
32°41'48" N, 92°05'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/585612/3618028 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sterlington
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
6,300
Inventory number
BH 19091 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2010)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1931 (981)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
Have street view (29,923)
Lost (30,070)
Lost 2011 (517)
Lost during 2010s (3,642)
Louisiana (733)
Movable (3,157)
Navigable waterway (2,224)
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana (15)
Ouachita River (35)
 Owned by state (16,661)
Replaced by new bridge (20,465)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,285)
Sterlington, Louisiana (2)
Structurally deficient (12,752)
Swing (1,592)
Through truss (17,907)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,136)
Truss (36,828)
Union Parish, Louisiana (4)

Update Log 

  • August 12, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 13, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Refined design
  • March 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Street View. Bridge is now doomed.

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • Cliff Darby - cliffsta1987 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
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Comments 

Ouachita River LA 2 Bridge
Posted January 23, 2012, by Randy Roberson (buick8 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Bridge is now gone. It was so narrow I hit mirrors with another pickup once when driving to work. It was built during the administration of Gov. Huey P. Long.

Ouachita River LA 2 Bridge
Posted July 31, 2009, by Craig Lott (clott [at] ouachita911 [dot] org)

This bridge is now closed and scheduled for demolition.