Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Saline River US 278 Bridge

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Overview

Photos provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Side view

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Main span

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Deck trusses

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Approach

Facts

Overview: Lost pony and deck truss bridge over Saline River on US 278 (formerly AR 4) east of Warren
Location: Bradley County, Arkansas
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1949; replaced 2002
Design: From west to east:
Two Warren deck truss spans
One polygonal Warren pony truss span
Three Warren deck truss spans
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 108.9 ft.
Total length: 1,714.4 ft.
Deck width: 27.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +33.60700, -92.01066 (decimal degrees)
33°36'25" N, 92°00'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD 02212 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10234 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Saline River US 278 Bridge

Posted May 24, 2006, by Ricco March (Ricco_march2001 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

the Saline River US 278 Bridge is not tore down and replaced by a 4 lane flat bridge, it was tore apert back in 2002, and i cant tell you anymore then that