Carries 2 lanes of US 84 Locale Jonesville, Louisiana ID number 581500220700001 Opened 1933 Width 6.68 m Location Jonesville Body of water Ouachita River | Crosses Black River Other name(s) La 8 Bridge Design Swing Total length 205 m Clearance below 3.6 m Bridge type Swing bridge | |
The Long–Allen Bridge (named for Louisiana Governors Huey Long and Oscar K. Allen) was a two-lane swing bridge carrying U.S. Route 84 (US 84) across the Black River at Jonesville, Louisiana in Concordia Parish. It was replaced by a larger bridge in 2009. The newer structure carries 4 lanes of traffic and was built at a cost of $8,610,000.
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