Burr's Ferry Bridge

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox bridge |fetchwikidata=coordinates |bridge_name= Burr's Ferry Bridge |image= Burrs Ferry Bridge, Burr Ferry, Louisiana.jpg |caption= |official_name= |also_known_as= |carries= {{jct|state=TX|SH|63|LA|8}} (2 lanes east and west) |crosses= Sabine River |locale= Between Burkeville, Texas, and Burr Ferry, Louisiana |maint= Louisiana DOTD, TxDOT |id= NW0214-04-005 (Texas) |design= Parker through truss bridge |designer= Louisiana Highway Commission |builder= W. Horace Williams Company |mainspan= {{convert|250|ft|m}} |length= |width= |clearance= {{convert|12|ft|8|in|m|0}} |below= |traffic= |begin= {{Start date|1936}} |complete= {{End date|1937}} |closed= |toll= |extra= {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Burr's Ferry Bridge | area = {{convert|1.1|acre}} | added = May 18, 1998 | refnum=98000562<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref><br />[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/98000563 98000563]<ref name="nris"/> }} }} '''Burr's Ferry Bridge''' is a bridge on the Sabine River, where Louisiana State Highway 8 (LA 8) meets Texas State Highway 63 (SH 63) at the Louisiana/Texas state border between Burkeville, Texas, and Burr Ferry, Louisiana.

The bridge includes three Parker through truss spans and 34 concrete girder spans. The center span is a {{convert|250|ft|m|adj=on}} riveted Parker through truss; the other two main spans are {{convert|120|ft|m}} in length.<ref name=ladoc>{{cite web |url=http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish58/Scans/58001001.pdf |title=Burr's Ferry Bridge |publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation |author= |date=1998 |accessdate=June 8, 2007 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} with [http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=953 two photos, a map, and plans]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Currently, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) are working to replace the two-lane Burr's Ferry Bridge with a new bridge that will be built to interstate-highway standards bridge about a quarter mile to the south of the existing bridge. The new bridge will be for the Interstate 14 extension. The construction of the replacement bridge is expected to start in summer 2025.<ref name="I-14">{{cite news |last1=Roberts III |first1=Faimon A. |title=A new interstate across Louisiana could save small towns. But it will take years to build. |url=https://www.nola.com/news/new-interstate-14-construction-timeline-unclear-in-louisiana/article_41d4effa-6775-11ee-852b-b3aef91abbf2.html |access-date=20 October 2023 |work=NOLA.com |date=18 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Steve W. |date=2023-07-26 |title=Construction of new bridge over Sabine River at Burr Ferry set to begin in 2025 |url=https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_7916d5da-2be5-11ee-b5a9-6fb9ee6cc66a.html#:~:text=Jul%2028,%202023-,The%20Burr%20Ferry%20Bridge%20crossing%20the%20Sabine%20River%20between%20Texas,located%20on%20County%20Road%202099. |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=KJAS.COM |language=en}}</ref>

<gallery> File:Texas Historical Site Marker for Burr's Ferry at Sabine River Bridge on TX Hwy 63.jpg </gallery>

==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana *National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Texas {{Portal bar|National Register of Historic Places|Transport|Engineering|United States|Texas}}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{GNIS|type=retired|549984|Burr Ferry Bridge, Louisiana}} *{{GNIS|type=retired|2030657|Burrs Ferry Bridge, Texas}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100628113906/http://www.toledo-bend.com/newton/history/index.asp?request=sabineriver Sabine River History: Newton County, Texas]}}

Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Transportation in Newton County, Texas Category:Transportation in Vernon Parish, Louisiana Category:1925 establishments in Louisiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Vernon Parish, Louisiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Texas Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Category:Girder bridges in the United States Category:Parker truss bridges in the United States Category:1925 establishments in Texas Category:Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)