State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River
State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River | |
State Highway 78 Bridge | |
| Location | Between Texas State Highway 78 and Oklahoma State Highway 78 over Red River |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Ravenna, Texas, Yuba, Oklahoma |
| Coordinates | 33°45′10″N 96°11′45″W / 33.75278°N 96.19583°W |
| Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
| Built | 1937 |
| Built by | Illinois Steel Bridge Company, et al |
| Architect | Oklahoma Highway Commission |
| Architectural style | K-truss through bridge |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Texas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001517 |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 1996 |
The Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River is an eight-span through truss bridge over the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas on Oklahoma State Highway 78/Texas State Highway 78. It was built as a federal relief project during the Great Depression as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Today the bridge and the area retain the look and feel of the time of its construction. As part of Highway 78 the bridge's average daily traffic (as of 2006) was 1,700 cars per day.
The original bridge was demolished after flood damage and a new bridge built in 2018