Deweyville Swing Bridge

Deweyville Swing Bridge
Location SH 12 and LA 12 at Sabine River, Deweyville, Texas
Coordinates 30°18′13″N 93°44′37″W / 30.30361°N 93.74361°W / 30.30361; -93.74361Coordinates: 30°18′13″N 93°44′37″W / 30.30361°N 93.74361°W / 30.30361; -93.74361
Built 1936-38
NRHP Reference # 11000346[1]
Added to NRHP June 8, 2011

The Deweyville Swing Bridge is a swing bridge which carries Texas State Highway 12 and Louisiana Highway 12 across the Sabine River at the Texas-Louisiana border. The bridge connects Deweyville, Texas to rural Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, near the community of Starks. The Texas Highway Department and Louisiana Highway Commission built the bridge as a joint effort in 1936-38; the two highway departments used federal funding from Depression-era relief programs to complete the project. The bridge was one of four federally funded bridges between Texas and Louisiana built during the Great Depression. The swing bridge design, in which the center section of the bridge can be rotated, allowed a variety of boats to pass by on the swift river. The bridge is the oldest surviving swing bridge of its design in Texas and one of three such bridges in the state.[2]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 2011.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties, 6/06/11 Through 6/10/11". National Park Service. June 17, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Deweyville-Starks Swing Bridge" (PDF). Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 26, 2014.


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