Postcard: THE PORT ARTHUR BRIDGE (OVER THE NECHES RIVER) 6A-H1089 for Sale

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Postcard: THE PORT ARTHUR BRIDGE (OVER THE NECHES RIVER) 6A-H1089 For Sale

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Postcard: THE PORT ARTHUR BRIDGE (OVER THE NECHES RIVER) 6A-H1089:
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THE EDWARDS NEWS CO., PORT ARTHUR AND BEAUMONT, TEXAS THE PORT ARTHUR BRIDGE across the Neches River on Texas Highway 87, between Orange, Texas, and Port Arthur, Texas. Total length of bridge and approaches, 5.7 miles; total vertical clearance above aver- age water level, 176 feet. Total distance from top of steel super-structure to water level, 230 feet. Width of roadway between railings, 252 feet. Distance from center to center of main piers, 680 feet. Main span clearance, 600 feet. Material used: 1500 piling, 50,000 barrels of cement, 23,000 cubic yards of sand, 42,000 cubic yards of gravel, 9,285 tons of structural steel, 1,906 tons re-inforcing steel. Total cost of bridge and approaches, $2,750,000. This bridge is the highest bridge in the South. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO \"C.T. ART-COLORTONE\'\' POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD DR-2-1371W PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE 3.