Length of largest span: 680.2 ft.
Total length: 7,741.5 ft. (1.5 mi.)
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Also called
Port Arthur-Orange Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.98000, -93.87111(decimal degrees) 29°58'48" N, 93°52'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/415964/3316888 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
16,000
Inventory numbers
NRHP 96001127 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
TXNBI 201240030603015 (Texas bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 33135 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor(4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory(6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 45.7 (out of 100) View more at BridgeReports.com
Categories
Update Log
March 23, 2022: New video from Brian R. Warren
February 9, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
May 5, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
March 26, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
June 2, 2014: Photo imported by Patrick Feller
September 21, 2011: New photo from Nathan Morton
April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record
Related Bridges
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Downstream) - These are parallel Spans one Eastbound the other Westbound
Links to Some old pictures of the Rainbow Bridge
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth202596/m1/1/h...
https://therecordlive.com/2013/09/04/rainbow-bridge-nears-75...
https://live.staticflickr.com/77/203014176_66be9812f8_n.jpg
http://kogt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rainbow-bridge-19...