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LA659 Intracoastal Waterway Bridge

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

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LA 659 Intracoastal Waterway Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2016

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BH Photo #354290

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Overview
Lost Deck plate girder vertical lift bridge over Intracostal Canal on LA 659
Location
Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1958; Replaced 1996
Design
Deck plate girder vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 157.2 ft.
Total length: 289.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.59913, -90.71019   (decimal degrees)
29°35'57" N, 90°42'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/721759/3276556 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 72397 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1958 (368)
Built during 1950s (4,013)
Deck girder (6,334)
Functionally obsolete (5,800)
Girder (11,221)
Houma, Louisiana (17)
Lost (29,036)
Lost 1996 (456)
Lost during 1990s (4,157)
 Louisiana (729)
Movable (3,136)
Owned by state (16,591)
Plate girder (8,769)
Replaced by new bridge (19,738)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,454)
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana (42)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,542)
Vertical lift (431)

Update Log 

  • June 2, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 1, 2016: Added by Luke

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  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler

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