General Information
| Other name(s): | Atchafalaya River Bridge; Frank and Sal Diesi Bridge; U.S. Route 190 Bridge |
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| Beginning of works: | 1931 |
| Completion: | 1934 |
| Status: | demolished |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
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| Structure: |
K-truss bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Krotz Springs, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA |
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| Crossed: |
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| Next to: |
U.S. 190 Atchafalaya River Bridge (1973)
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| Coordinates: | 30° 32' 45.75" N 91° 44' 58.01" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main spans | 152.4 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 1 008 600.34 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
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| truss |
steel
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Krotz Springs Bridge are dual cantilever bridges in the U.S. state of Louisiana which carries US 190 over the Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs.
Although it was long rumored that the bridge was constructed due to Governor Huey Long's political issues with the town of Melville upstream, which was originally on the route for U.S. Highway 71 and Jefferson Highway, plans for this bridge in Krotz Springs (originally as a toll) were announced as early as 1925. This original span opened July 1, 1928, as a free bridge and carried railroad and automobile traffic, similar to the Atchafalya River Crossing in Simmesport. This dual crossing was short-lived and construction on a dedicated auto bridge began in 1931. Shortly before the dual crossing ended, the railroad commission charged tolls for automobiles.
The original bridge, a truss span costing $1 million, was built in 1934 and carried two lanes of US 190 traffic. It was one of many bridges constructed in the early 1930s named the Long-Allen Bridge. In 1973, a parallel span was built to accommodate westbound traffic as traffic counts overwhelmed the original bridge. In 1985, the original span closed and was demolished, temporarily converting the 1973 span to two-lane traffic. The current eastbound span opened in 1988. In September 2015, the bridge was named for Frank and Sal Diesi.
Old Krotz Springs Bridge, replaced by dual span bridges in 1973. New Krotz Springs bridge span, the one on the right was built in 1973, and the one on the left was built in 1988.Text imported from Wikipedia article "Krotz Springs Bridge" and modified on March 30, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20014086 - Published on:
28/10/2004 - Last updated on:
28/03/2021
