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Photos taken April 2003 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Deck view

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Plaque

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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Short Mountain Creek on CR 64
Location: Logan County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1928 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.; rehabilitated 1976
Builder: - Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Design: Polygonal Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 91.8 ft.
Total length: 92.8 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2004
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.30983, -93.74354 (decimal degrees)
35°18'35" N, 93°44'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Paris
Inventory numbers: AHTD 14804 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 04001039 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10440 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 37.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 30

Update Log

January 19, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources

AHTD
Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net

Comments

Short Mountain Creek Bridge

Posted February 24, 2008, by J> randall Houp (ghostbridgehunter [at] yahoo [dot] com)

On February 2008 my wife and I visited, photographed, and studied this bridge. This is not the original location for this bridge. Because of the low water we were able to locate the original piers in low water underneath the current bridge. The broken plaques are due to people trying to steal them. Further research to follow on this bridge and what was there before it.

Short Mountain Creek Bridge

Posted September 10, 2007, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

A few updated photos taken on 9-7-07. The builders plates on either end have started to crack since the AHTD photos were taken in 03. Won't be long before they shatter and fall into the creek piece by piece.

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