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re: Shreveport is bringing back the "neon" bridge
Posted on 8/20/20 at 3:02 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Posted on 8/20/20 at 3:02 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Fun fact: While this is being done, the exit ramp that actually leads from 49 into downtown is out of operation. I guess their temporary solution was to throw a big pile of sand at the base.....it has been there so long that the grass is about 5 ft tall at this point. Glad we get a light up bridge tho 
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Posted on 8/20/20 at 3:22 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Lol, one of my favorite childhood memories was when they flipped the switch at the reveal and a lot of lights didn't work. Even back then as a child I realized what the leadership of Shreveport was like. They spent so much time hyping up the neon bridge.
It will however actually look cool with modern LED's.
Anybody else remember when the leadership got the whole city hyped about Boeing (I may be wrong what company it was) considering moving to town. They invited residents downtown on the days the the Company people were there, there were signs everywhere, My school took off and went, and in the end the company quickly passed on Shreveport.
It will however actually look cool with modern LED's.
Anybody else remember when the leadership got the whole city hyped about Boeing (I may be wrong what company it was) considering moving to town. They invited residents downtown on the days the the Company people were there, there were signs everywhere, My school took off and went, and in the end the company quickly passed on Shreveport.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 3:26 pm to Clyde Tipton
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They finally put a turn signal at the base of the bridge where HWY 80 turns left on to HWY 1 on the Shreveport side.
A much bigger deal than re-lighting the bridge, IMO.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 3:27 pm to PoppaD
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Anybody else remember when the leadership got the whole city hyped about Boeing (I may be wrong what company it was) considering moving to town.
It was McDonnell Douglas--and a humiliating failure.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 3:32 pm to scott8811
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Fun fact: While this is being done, the exit ramp that actually leads from 49 into downtown is out of operation. I guess their temporary solution was to throw a big pile of sand at the base.....it has been there so long that the grass is about 5 ft tall at this point. Glad we get a light up bridge tho
Wrong. It's I20, and a train took out the footing on the Common St overpass. They've been working on it for 3 months. Do you even go downtown?
Posted on 8/20/20 at 4:46 pm to PoppaD
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Lol, one of my favorite childhood memories was when they flipped the switch at the reveal and a lot of lights didn't work. Even back then as a child I realized what the leadership of Shreveport was like. They spent so much time hyping up the neon bridge.
Haha same here. I think I was in about third grade. I also remember that not only did the lights not come on, the fireworks lit the bossier dump on fire.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 4:48 pm to Lsuhoohoo
The kkk Bridge.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 5:14 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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Shreveport is bringing back the "neon" bridge
Good, now bring back Neon Saturday Nights
Posted on 8/20/20 at 5:28 pm to Lsuhoohoo
This post was edited on 1/13/21 at 7:44 am
Posted on 8/20/20 at 5:44 pm to Amblin
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Why are they highlighting KKK with the lights
That's what I see too. Does that make me a racist?
Posted on 8/20/20 at 5:53 pm to Lsuhoohoo
No lie, those Red White and Blue LEDs look legit
Posted on 8/20/20 at 5:56 pm to MattA
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Lol I was on the bridge along with a ton of others on opening night. Pretty sure about a total of five lights actually lit up. Definitely a “Stonehenge” from spinal tap moment.
Was it on New Year's Eve? If so, wife and I helped pass out black eyed peas (a Harrah's project).
Posted on 8/20/20 at 6:50 pm to Lsuhoohoo
The original plan included a green laser beam that would shoot down Texas Street over the Methodist Church steeple. One of the biggest disappointments of my life was that I never saw it.
They only turned it on briefly. The damn bulbs would go out because of traffic or something, I don't recall the details, but it cost like $10,000 to replace a bulb. They shut it down pretty quick.
Because of that, I never believe anything in artist's renditions of public spaces.
They only turned it on briefly. The damn bulbs would go out because of traffic or something, I don't recall the details, but it cost like $10,000 to replace a bulb. They shut it down pretty quick.
Because of that, I never believe anything in artist's renditions of public spaces.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 6:51 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Rock and Roll!
Posted on 8/20/20 at 7:01 pm to Twenty 49
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The original plan included a green laser beam that would shoot down Texas Street
I was about to mention this. I think I saw the lasers one time. It always cracked me up every year at the I-Bowl when they would show Shreveport on Tv, the bridge lit up would be something that was a showcase for the city.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 7:55 pm to Shrevepatch
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was McDonnell Douglas--and a humiliating failure.
At the time, MD was looking for sites to build their “Super Jumbo” to compete w/ Boeing’s 747. It wasn’t humiliating in any way to SHV. Many cities were competing for this. I don’t think you know what the hell you’re talking about. To be fair, that plane was never built & MD merged into Boeing in late 90’s.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 9:01 pm to chinhoyang
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Was it on New Year's Eve? If so, wife and I helped pass out black eyed peas (a Harrah's project).
Might have been. I do remember it was freezing that night so it definitely could have been New Years. Lol I forgot about the landfill or dump catching fire! I remember standing on the bridge and wondering wtf all those fire trucks were doing. I mean the heart was in the right place but it for sure turned into a shite show.
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