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The Calcasieu River Bridge, or the Pistol bridge officially named the Louisiana Memorial World War II Bridge in June 1951 [1] is an arched cantilever, rivet-connected Warren through truss (main span) [2] located on Interstate 10 between Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Westlake, Louisiana.
Before European colonisation, the Lake Charles area was home to the Native American Atakapa Ishak tribe. [1] The first European colonizers arrived in the 1760s.. The Calcasieu River Bridge as seen from downtown Lake Charles.. In 1781, Martin LeBleu and his wife, Dela Marion, of Bordeaux, France, were the first recorded Europeans to colonize the area now known as the LeBleu Settlement.
11 paź 2019 · Historic Truss Bridge in Lake Charles and Westlake Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. This bridge is noted for its uncommon arched truss design, as well as its unique railings that feature guns on them.
The Calcasieu River Bridge crosses the Calcasieu River in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Calcasieu rises in Vernon Parish , north of Leesville , and flows initially southeast, passing through the Kisatchie National Forest southwest of Alexandria .
When the current I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge opened for traffic in 1952 as part of a state highway, it was designed for a traffic load of 37,000 per day and a 50-year life span. The average daily crossings today are over 90,000. The aging structure has carried a traffic load over two times its design capacity for decades.
14 gru 2023 · DOTD and Calcasieu Bridge Partners agreed to push the proposal’s expiration date to February first. Setting them up to pitch the project to lawmakers again. And now, the Federal Department of Transportation has put Louisiana on the clock.
12 gru 2021 · The Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River here is a throwback to another era, but still relied upon by around 90,000 vehicles per day at a key section of the cross-country highway.
