Golden Triangle Veterans Memorial Park & Bridge
Forest Trail Region
The Veteran’s Park was created largely by the efforts of the late W.T. Oliver. Since its inception, the park has grown to feature military equipment including a jet airplane, army tank, helicopter, A high, graceful arch on Texas 87 spans the Neches River joining Orange and Bridge City on the north with Port Arthur to the south. The two-lane, vintage Rainbow Bridge, completed in 1938, spans salt marshes and industrial river channel for 1.5 miles including approaches. The bridges 176-foot clearance height resulted from requirement that any U.S. Navy ship could pass under; tallest ship of the Navys