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The first bridge to span Bayou Texar was a wooden span constructed in [[1911]] at a cost of $3,700.  The wooden bridge was 1,050 feet long and 20 feet wide.<ref>Pensacola Historical Society.  ''Pensacola in Vintage Postcards''.  Arcadia, 2005.</ref>
 
The first bridge to span Bayou Texar was a wooden span constructed in [[1911]] at a cost of $3,700.  The wooden bridge was 1,050 feet long and 20 feet wide.<ref>Pensacola Historical Society.  ''Pensacola in Vintage Postcards''.  Arcadia, 2005.</ref>
 
At some point, the wooden bridge was replaced with a concrete bridge which connected [[Gadsden Street]] on the west bank to [[Cervantes Street]] on the east bank. Prior to the bridge approach, traffic transitioned from Cervantes to Gadsden between [[15th Avenue|15th]] and [[16th Avenue]]s, through what is now [[Andalusia Square]]<ref>[[:Image:CervantesSt1954.jpg|Image of Cervantes-to-Gadsden transition]]</ref>.
 
  
 
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