| US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River | |
| Coordinates: | 34.9578°N -100.2208°W |
| Map Label: | US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River |
| Locmap Relief: | yes |
| Added: | October 10, 1996 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 96001117 |
The US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River, bringing US 83 across the Salt Fork Red River near Wellington, Texas, was a truss bridge built in 1939. It was built at the location of a near capture of Bonnie and Clyde, whose car plunged into the river in 1933. Upon their being rescued, local sheriff's staff were held up by Bonnie.[1] [2] It was a work of the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. and the Texas highway Department. It was a Parker-through truss bridge with open steel railing and approach spans from the previous bridge.[2] It has also been denoted CG0031-03-002.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[3]
Originally the only bridge across the river, TxDOT added a supplementary bridge when the highway was divided in 1974 that carried southbound traffic while it carried northbound traffic.
The bridge was demolished in 2012[4] and the replacement bridge was completed in early 2013.