Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Lee Creek AR 220 Bridge

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Photos

HAER photo: Side view

This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the unusual main span from the side [HAER photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft]

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HAER photo: Oblique view

Another view of the main span, with the more standard pony truss approaches

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HAER photo: Deck view

It's apparent that the pony trusses were added later: they are wider with a concrete deck, while the main span has a wooden deck

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Main span

This photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department shows the main span in color

Map

Vicinity map

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss over Lee Creek on AR 220
Location: Crawford County, Arkansas
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Replaced 2000
Design: Main span: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pennsylvania through truss with a Camelback profile
Two approach spans: Rivet-connected, 9-panel Warren pony trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 171.9 ft.
Total length: 374.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.70384, -94.32670 (decimal degrees)
35°42'14" N, 94°19'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD M2365 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 90000504 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10311 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

February 19, 2005: Posted AHTD photo

Sources

HAER AR-45 - Lee Creek Bridge
AHTD

Comments

Lee Creek AR 220 Bridge

Posted February 2, 2008, by Tony Benac (tlbenac [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I guess Gene and I ran in the same circles, but maybe at different times. This is also another old swimming hole of mine as a child. I too was shocked again when I saw the new very modern bridge replace this old very nastalgic bridge. Like Gene says, you have to drive 45 minutes on out of the way paved road to get here, then it turns to turn. The dirt road is an old back way in to Devil's Den State park. I also do not see the reasoning behind this change and loss of Arkansas and family history.

Lee Creek AR 220 Bridge

Posted November 10, 2007, by Gene McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Just thought you might like to see a shot I took on this bridge in the late 1960's. Of course as a young man I was more interested in it being an interesting background for my photo of the girl.

Lee Creek AR 220 Bridge

Posted September 19, 2007, by Gene McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I remember this bridge from the late 1960's. I really can't fathom why it was replaced. There is now this huge wide 2 lane concrete bridge there now, and just past it, the road reverts to a primitive dirt road. Surely the traffic out there does not warrant the expense of the new bridge that replaced the wonderful old bridge. Another rare unique bridge that can only be remembered in our minds and photographs.