Saturday, July 1, 2023

New Bridge To Covington 1930's

 In the 1930's the Louisiana State Highway Department built a new concrete and wooden piling bridge over the Bogue Falaya River from Claiborne Hill to Covington. Here are several pictures of that bridge nearing the end of its construction period, as provided by the Louisiana Digital Archives. Click on the images to make them larger. 






Bridge approach from Claiborne Hill



See also:

Building the Madisonville Bridge in 1935