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Side view

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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Open-spandrel arch bridge over Caney Creek on CR 721 (Old US 70)
Location: Pike County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1928; made obsolete by a new bridge in 1971
Builders: - Cook & Ransom of Ottawa, Kansas (Contractor)
- Luten Bridge Co. of Knoxville, Tennessee (Design)
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 155.8 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.33829, -93.50125 (decimal degrees)
34°20'18" N, 93°30'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Glenwood
Inventory numbers: AHTD 00279 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10490 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 46

Update Log

April 9, 2008: New photo from Wayne Kizziar

Sources

AHTD
Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com
Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net

Comments

Caney Creek Old US 70 Bridge

Posted April 10, 2008, by Lugnuts (lugnuts969 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

The bike is probably stolen.

Caney Creek Old US 70 Bridge

Posted February 12, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge on 03 Feb. 2007 at 1:00 pm. This bridge has been bypassed by a modern bridge that is not near as attractive as the single concrete arch of the Old US 70 bridge.

Lot of graffeti on the substructural concrete spandrels. Even located an 20" BMX bicycle that has tumbled down the creek and whose bent wheels are clogged with leaf debris.

Clear running creek is shallow and tranquil. Guardrails are rusty but sound. Easy access to creek from eiher side.

Several vehicles drove accross as I was poking around in the creek bed. Usually I like to pick up a couple of flagstones from the gravel bars; good stepping stones for the garden.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.