Cross Bayou is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed June 3, 2011 river in
Texas and
Louisiana. It is a tributary of the
Red River, part of the
Mississippi River watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
.
It rises in southeastern
Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 68,839. The county seat is Marshall. The county was created in 1839 and organized in 1842. It is named for Jon ...
, southeast of
Marshall, and flows east into
Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Caddo Parish (French language, French: ''Paroisse de Caddo'') is a Parish (administrative division), parish located in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the parish ...
. It flows through Cross Lake on the outskirts of
Shreveport
Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population o ...
, and joins the Red River in downtown Shreveport.
The latter portion is known as Twelve Mile Bayou, locally spelled Twelvemile Bayou.
Crossings
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Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou
The Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge (Cross Bayou), in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, is an "A" Truss bridge erected in its current location in 1926 and abandoned in the 1980s. Due to its national significance to the progress of American b ...
is a historic railway bridge that is the next to last crossing before the Red River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Louisiana
*
List of rivers of Texas
References
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*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Rivers of Louisiana
Rivers of Texas
Tributaries of the Red River of the South
Rivers of Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Rivers of Harrison County, Texas
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