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°W / 34.13222; -98.09417
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1939 (1939)
Built by	Multiple
Architectural style	Camelback pony truss
Demolished	2018[2]
MPS	Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001518[1]
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]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Oklahoma
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Clay County, Texas
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas