State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River
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State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River | |
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| Nearest city | Byers, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 34°7′56″N 98°5′39″W / 34.13222°N 98.09417°WCoordinates: 34°7′56″N 98°5′39″W / 34.13222°N 98.09417°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architectural style | camelback pony truss |
| Governing body | State |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Texas MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 96001518[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 1996 |
The State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River is a bridge carrying Texas State Highway 79 and Oklahoma State Highway 79 over the Red River at the Texas-Oklahoma state line. The camelback pony truss bridge is 2,255 feet (687 m) long and has 21 truss spans. The Texas and Oklahoma highway departments built the bridge as a combined project in 1939. The bridge provided a direct route between Waurika, Oklahoma and Byers and Wichita Falls in Texas. The bridge is now the only camelback pony truss bridge remaining on a Texas state highway and is the fourth-longest truss bridge in the Texas state highway system.[2]
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Bridge at the Red River, State Highway 79". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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