State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River

	State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	State Highway 79 Bridge
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Location	Between Texas State Highway 79 and Oklahoma State Highway 79 over Red River
Nearest city	Byers, Texas,; Waurika, Oklahoma
Coordinates	34°7′56″N 98°5′39″W / 34.13222°N 98.09417°WCoordinates: 34°7′56″N 98°5′39″W / 34.13222°N 98.09417°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1939
Built by	Multiple
Architectural style	Camelback pony truss
Demolished	2018
MPS	Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001518
Added to NRHP	December 20, 1996

The State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River was a bridge carrying Texas State Highway 79 and Oklahoma State Highway 79 over the Red River at the Texas-Oklahoma state line. The camelback pony truss bridge was 2,255 feet (687 m) long and had 21 truss spans. The Texas and Oklahoma highway departments built the bridge as a combined project in 1939. The bridge provided a direct route between Waurika, Oklahoma and Byers and Wichita Falls in Texas. The bridge was the only camelback pony truss bridge remaining on a Texas state highway and the fourth-longest truss bridge in the Texas state highway system prior to being demolished.^[3]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1996.^[1]

In 2018, a new bridge was built at the location of the old bridge before the old bridge was demolished.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Highway 79 Bridge Work at Red River". Times Record News. July 13, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ "Bridge at the Red River, State Highway 79". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[Replaced_TRN-2] "Highway 79 Bridge Work at Red River". Times Record News. July 13, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[3] "Bridge at the Red River, State Highway 79". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved March 27, 2014.

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State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River

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