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Longview Work Replaces Two Texarkana Spans
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Longview Road and Bridge recently completed the new $37 million bridge on State Highway 8, crossing Wright Patman Lake between Bowie and Cass counties.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently opened the new and long-awaited bridge on State Highway (SH) 8 that links Bowie and Cass counties in the Texarkana area. The $37.7 million, constructed by Longview Bridge and Road Ltd. replaces two smaller bridges built in the 1950s that crossed Wright Patman Lake. “The width of the old bridges was not up to our current standards for a highway like SH 8,” said TxDOT Texarkana Area Engineer Tommy Bruce. “Our new bridge is going to be 44-feet wide, which includes two, 12-foot lanes with 10foot shoulders on each side. The previous bridges were 26feet wide.” The new structure, with several spans, replaced two smaller bridges that were built in the 1950’s. “We’re so proud to open this new bridge that is longer, taller and wider than the former bridges,” said Atlanta District Engineer Rebecca Wells. “Our ribbon cutting ceremony is a celebration of new infrastructure that is safer for the traveling public.” While open to traffic, Longview still has work to do to complete the job. “What we have left to do is remove the existing roadway and the two existing bridge structures,” said Longview Bridge and Road President Casey Johnson. “There’s a little bit of tie-in work as far as the concrete paving on either end of the bridge at the approaches and several cubic yards of rock riprap to put in for slope protection. And, that will pretty well complete the project.”
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