- City:
- Port Arthur, TX
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
"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."
Source notes
C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $2,713,294.00 |
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