The Informer: Calcasieu River Bridge ‘monument to community effort’ - American Press

The Informer: Calcasieu River Bridge ‘monument to community effort’ - American Press

Some five years of construction and years of previous planning were brought to an end on Sept. 28, 1951, with a brief ceremony and a “snip of the shears” to open the $13 million Calcasieu River Bridge. Gov. Earl K. Long cut the ceremonial ribbon across the bridge, permitting the first heavy streams of traffic to cross the structure. “Expressing pride and happiness on the occasion, the governor stated that plans for the bridge were begun in 1932 …