Photos
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Overview These photos, taken Dec. 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department, show the bridge before it was closed to traffic. |
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North end |
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South end |
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Plaque Designed and Built By Luten Bridge Co. Knoxville Tenn. 1922 |
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Oblique view These photos were taken Sept. 2005 by Dustie Meads |
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Graffiti Since the bridge has been closed, graffiti has appeared all along the railings |
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Side view These photo were taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Underside |
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008 |
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008 |
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Closed two-span Luten arch bridge over Illinois River on CR 3 (Chambers Springs Road) east of Siloam Springs, just south of US 412
- Location
- Benton County, Arkansas
- Status
- Closed to traffic
- History
- Built 1922 by the Luten Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Luten Bridge Co. of Knoxville, Tennessee
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 65.9 ft.
Total length: 139.1 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.16669, -94.43323 (decimal degrees)
36°10'00" N, 94°25'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/371094/4003389 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Gallatin
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD 10593 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 87002420 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10216 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 12.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
- 190
Update Log
- March 26, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Bridge has been abandoned
- December 15, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
- October 17, 2005: Posted additional photos from Dustie Meads
Sources
- Dustie Meads
- HAER AR-28 - Illinois River Bridge
- AHTD
- Gene McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net