HIGHEST Highway Bridge in Texas - Port Arthur, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 58.470 W 093° 52.180
15R E 416099 N 3316277
Rainbow Bridge was started in 1936 and completed in 1939. It was a WPA project. It spans the Neches River between Port Arthur and Orange.
Waymark Code: WMPV1J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2015
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From WPA website:
"This bridge across the Neches River, connecting Orange with Port Arthur, has a total length with approaches of approximately 7,750 feet. The main span is 680 feet from pier to pier and the clearance of the bottom chord at mean low water is 177 feet.
It provides two traffic lanes and two sidewalks and has cut the distance from Orange to Port Arthur from 44 to 24 miles. It was completed in August 1939 at an estimated construction cost of $2,473,083 and a project cost of $2,713,294."