Rainbow Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Neches River on Westbound TX 73 in Port Arthur

Location

Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas

Status

Open to traffic

History

Opened Sept. 8, 1938; parallel bridge built 1991; rehabilitated and reopened to northbound traffic in 1998

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 680.2 ft.
Total length: 7,741.5 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.

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)

USGS topographic map

West of Greens Bayou

Inventory numbers

NRHP 96001127 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 33135 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 10/2006)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 53.5 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2005)

15,980

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

Sources 

• Historic American Engineering Record

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