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Overview: Three-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Fourche Lafave River on AR 7
Location: Perry County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1941 by the Luten Bridge Co.
Builder: - Luten Bridge Co. of Knoxville, Tennessee
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 184.0 ft.
Total length: 517.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.95222, -93.15202 (decimal degrees)
34°57'08" N, 93°09'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Nimrod Dam
Inventory numbers: AHTD 01160 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 95000643 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10483 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 1,100