Historic Bridges of the U.S. | North Boat Ditch Bridge

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The photos on this page were taken by Wayne Kizziar on July 19, 2002

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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over North Boat Ditch on CR 8
Location: Clark County, Arkansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built ca. 1928
Design: Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss with wooden deck
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 189.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +33.99453, -93.13518 (decimal degrees)
33°59'40" N, 93°08'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD 11039 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10263 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 27.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 69

Sources

Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

North Boat Ditch Bridge

Posted April 19, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Not-Fred's perspectives are showing improvement.

North Boat Ditch Bridge

Posted March 13, 2007, by Not-Fred

Posted by Not-Fred

North Boat Ditch Bridge

Posted March 1, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge at 3:00 pm on 19 November 2006. Guardrail on the north end (left side) is bent away. Profile photo was not easily obtainable due to overgrowth. Water was sluggish to stagnant.

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