Deweyville Swing Bridge

The Deweyville Swing Bridge, also known as Deweyville-Starks Swing Bridge and Sabine River 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 rotate, 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][3]

Deweyville Swing Bridge
Deweyville Swing Bridge in 2009
Deweyville Swing Bridge
Deweyville Swing Bridge
Deweyville Swing Bridge
LocationTX 12 and LA 12 at Sabine River, Deweyville, Texas
Coordinates30°18′14″N 93°44′37″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)-1938 (1938)
Built byForcum-James Co.
Architectural styleGirder swing bridge
MPSHistoric Bridges of Texas, 1866-1945 MPS
NRHP reference No.11000346[1]
Added to NRHPJune 8, 2011

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

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Deweyville-Starks Swing Bridge" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 16, 2018. with 19 photos and a map
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Deweyville Swing Bridge" (PDF). Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Retrieved May 16, 2018.


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