Bayou Texar

Bayou Texar is a bayou in East Pensacola, separating the East Hill and East Pensacola Heights neighbourhoods. It is an estuary, fed by Carpenter's Creek and a number of small springs, and empties into Pensacola Bay near the 17th Avenue railroad trestle and Wayside Park.

Bridges

The bayou is spanned in town places: to the north by 12th Avenue (after it merges with Fairfield Drive), and to the south by the Dr. Phillip. A. Payne Bridge, which carries Cervantes Street (US 90).

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.