Melville Pipeline Bridge

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Overview

Wire suspension bridge over Atchafalaya River on Pipeline

Location

Melville, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Status

In operation

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York (Builder)
- Matthews & Kenan of San Antonio, Texas (Design)

Design

Wire/cable suspension

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.70926, -91.73607   (decimal degrees)
30°42'33" N, 91°44'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/621031/3398063 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Melville

Inventory number

BH 53600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• September 21, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added designer.
• September 23, 2012: Added by Jared Mixson

Related Bridges 

• Grand Tower Pipeline Bridge (Same design) - Nearly identical, slightly different span lengths.

Sources 

• Jared
• Bridgemeister.com
• Nathan Holth
• Atchafalaya River Pipeline Bridge (Pointe Coupee Parish/Melville, 1951) | Structurae

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