Front:
THE PORT ARTHUR BRIDGE (OVER THE NECHES RIVER)
6A-H1089
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THE PORT ARTHUR BRIDGE
across the Neches River on Texas Highway 87,
between Orange, Texas, and Port Arthur,
Texas. Total length of bridge and approaches,
5.7 miles; total vertical clearance above aver-
age water level, 176 feet. Total distance from
top of steel super-structure to water level,
230 feet. Width of roadway between railings,
251/2 feet. Distance from center to center of
main piers, 680 feet. Main span clearance,
600 feet. Material used: 1500 piling, 50,000
barrels of cement, 23,000 cubic yards of sand,
42,000 cubic yards of gravel, 9,285 tons of
structural steel, 1,906 tons re-inforcing steel.
Total cost of bridge and approaches, $2,750,000.
This bridge is the highest bridge in the South.
THE EDWARDS NEWS CO., PORT ARTHUR AND BEAUMONT, TEXAS
