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Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou

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Coordinates: 32°31′10″N 93°45′00″W / 32.51958°N 93.74996°W / 32.51958; -93.74996
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Kansas City Southern Railroad Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Cross Bayou
Looking east from North Spring Street road bridge.
Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou is located in Shreveport Downtown
Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou
LocationOver Cross Bayou, between North Spring Street bridge and Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway bridge, Shreveport, Louisiana
Coordinates32°31′10″N 93°45′00″W / 32.51958°N 93.74996°W / 32.51958; -93.74996
Arealess than one acre
Built1890
ArchitectJohn Alexander Low Waddell
Architectural styleWaddell "A" Truss Bridge
NRHP reference No.95000347[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 23, 1995

Kansas City Southern Railroad Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Cross Bayou, in Shreveport, Louisiana, was built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

The bridge once carried the Kansas City Southern Railway across Cross Bayou (also known as Twelve Mile Bayou), parallel and about 100 yards (91 m) east of Spring Street's crossing.[2][3]

It is one of the only two remaining Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, designed by John Alexander Low Waddell.[2][3]

The bridge no longer carries rail traffic, and rail connections were removed prior to 2002.

It is recognized as a historic site by the City of Shreveport.[4]

A second Waddell "A" Truss Bridge was built in Missouri in 1898 and is also listed on the National Register.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 11, 2017. with three photos, three diagrams and a map
  3. ^ a b National Register Staff (November 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou". National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2018. With five photos from 1994.
  4. ^ Abandoned Rails of Shreveport


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