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Photos provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Main span

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Current Grigsby Ford Bridge

Summer 2002

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

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Photo taken by J Lance

Facts

Overview: Lost three-span through truss bridge over Ouachita River on Grigsby Ford Road (CR 30) southwest of Malvern
Location: Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Status: Replaced by a modern bridge
History: Built 1909; replaced 2000
Design: One pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
One pin-connected, 8-panel Parker through truss
One pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 162.0 ft.
Total length: 383.7 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.34769, -92.88153 (decimal degrees)
34°20'52" N, 92°52'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/510895/3800714 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Social Hill
Inventory numbers: AHTD 18000 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10365 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Grigsby Ford Bridge

Posted October 12, 2006, by LORI (hmqueenlori2 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

My grandpa told me that his uncle Will Ross' wife Ruth & youngest son fell off a bridge & drowned,not sure what year that was, but my family is from Malvern. If anyone has any info about this event please let me know.Thanks hmqueenlori2@yahoo.com

Grigsby Ford Bridge

Posted March 9, 2006, by Jessica Blackmon (jessie72104 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

i just cant beleive that they built a new one instead of reconstructing the old one. all of the supports are still there it is not lost. you can still see it from the new bridge .