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.^[2][3] 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.^[3] It has also been denoted CG0031-03-002.^[1]

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US 83 Bridge at the Salt Fork of the Red River
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Wellington, Texas
Coordinates	34°57′28″N 100°13′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1939 (1939)
Built by	Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. Texas Highway Department
Architectural style	Parker through truss bridge
MPS	Historic Bridges of Texas MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001117[1]
Added to NRHP	October 10, 1996

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1][4]

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^[5] and the replacement bridge was completed in early 2013.

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Collingsworth County, Texas