Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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View from a distance

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View from below

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Underneath

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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

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Pier stub in the river

When I went searching for the Shaw bridge on 9-15-01 all I found were these pitiful few remains.

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V-laced member in field

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Pin connection

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Piers

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Saline River on Grand Avenue (CR 27) south of Benton
Location: Saline County, Arkansas
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built ca. 1920; replaced 1997
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 388.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.49878, -92.57135 (decimal degrees)
34°29'56" N, 92°34'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD 16647 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10561 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

March 13, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar

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

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Shaw Bridge

Posted July 9, 2006, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Visited the site where this bridge used to be yesterday and found something unusual. The bridge built in it's place is a one lane steel pony truss . It should be dubbed graffiti bridge now as the new span is covered in it.

Shaw Bridge

Posted April 30, 2006, by Megan Shaw (megnjam [at] msn [dot] com)

I was just doing some research on the Shaw Bridge in Arkansas. I am a relative of Bill Shaw, who helped build it.