Photos
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Main span This photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department shows the main span in color |
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney |
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General View Of Pennsylvania Through Truss Bridge, Looking Northeast From Roadbed, With Pony Truss Approach In Foreground HAER photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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3/4 View Of Bridge, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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3/4 View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge Deck, Looking Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Bridge, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Bridge, Looking Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Underside Of Bridge And Northeast Masonry Pier, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Replacement bridge Old bridge was located on other side of this bridge. Photo taken by Gene McCluney in October 2006 |
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Old abutment. This is where the old bridge was. Photo taken by Gene McCluney in October 2006 |
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Scenic View This photo is from a scan of a print I shot in the mid 1990's Photo taken by John Cross in Oct. mid 1990s |
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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
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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") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/379978/3951911 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Rudy NE
- 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
- July 7, 2009: Updated by John Cross: Photo Added
- December 7, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
- December 6, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
- February 19, 2005: Posted AHTD photo
Sources
- HAER AR-45 - Lee Creek Bridge
- AHTD
- Gene McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- John Cross - jcross [at] fortsmithhome [dot] com
Comments
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.
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.
Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.
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.