State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River

State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Byers, Texas
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
Architectural style	camelback pony truss
MPS	Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
NRHP Reference #	96001518[1]
Added to NRHP	December 20, 1996

The State Highway 79 Bridge at the Red River is 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 is 2,255 feet (687 m) long and has 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 is now the only camelback pony truss bridge remaining on a Texas state highway and is the fourth-longest truss bridge in the Texas state highway system.^[2]

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

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Bridge at the Red River, State Highway 79". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved March 27, 2014.