The State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River was 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 was 2,255 feet (687 m) long and had 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 was the only camelback pony truss bridge remaining on a Texas state highway and the fourth-longest truss bridge in the Texas state highway system prior to being demolished.[3]
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996.[1]
In 2018, a new bridge was built at the location of the old bridge before the old bridge was demolished.[2]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Clay County, Texas
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Highway 79 Bridge Work at Red River". Times Record News. July 13, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "Bridge at the Red River, State Highway 79". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
