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.
It rises in southeastern Harrison County, Texas, southeast of Marshall, and flows east into Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It flows through Cross Lake on the outskirts of Shreveport, and joins the Red River in downtown Shreveport.
The latter portion is known as Twelve Mile Bayou, locally spelled Twelvemile Bayou.
Crossings Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou 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
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)