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Old 06-07-2007, 09:05 PM   #1
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Old 06-07-2007, 09:05 PM   #2
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Is it the KCS swing bridge ? or was it called like the Long Allen bridge at some point ? and the Texas Street Bridge and the I-20 bridge ??
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Old 06-07-2007, 09:31 PM   #3
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The Long-Allen bridge is the Texas St. bridge. Also, O.K. Allen wasn't governor until the 30s.
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Old 06-07-2007, 09:40 PM   #4
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O.k. so what does that make the correct answer then ??

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Old 06-07-2007, 09:44 PM   #5
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I vaguely remember the water tower. Wasn't that tower near the spot where Larry Flint's Hustler Club is now?? (And no, I've never been inside) I just remember the water tower before that particular facility was built.
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There was a water tower on top of that bar on the corner of Commerce and (I think) Travis. I wasn't around in 1928, though, so I can't say if it's the same one. We should also remember that the river isn't in the same place as it was even in 1928.

>O.k. so what does that make the correct answer then

I don't know.
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Old 06-12-2007, 12:07 AM   #7
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Where do I get my Toasty Os

The three bridges in the picture are:
FOREGROUND: The Old Illinois Central Bridge now owned by KCS. In Bossier its adjacent to Horseshoe in Shreveport its adjacent to Barnwell.
MIDDLE: The "Old" bridge or Traffic Street Bridge which was at the location presently occupied by the I-20 Bridge. It connected Barksdale Blvd at Red River Chevrolet to Lake Street approximately where the I-20 westbound off ramp for Spring Street is now.
FAR BACKGROUND: The Cotton Belt bridge now owned by Union Pacific but used by both UP and KCS.
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Old 06-12-2007, 12:11 AM   #8
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so when was the Texas st. Bridge built ?
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Old 06-12-2007, 11:45 AM   #9
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bridges

In the 1930s. It would have been too far to the left to have been in this picture even if it had been there in 1928.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:04 PM   #10
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thanks for the clarification.. i was way off on where I thought I was looking at in this picture. some of these old pics just really throw me off.
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