Calion Bridge
Photos
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General View Of Parker Through Truss Bridge From South Approach, Looking Northeast HAER photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Bridge Showing Parker Through Truss Center Span And Deck Truss Spans At Either Side Of Center Span, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Approach And Deck Truss From Underneath, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Bridge Dateplate Which Reads 'Ouachita River, Keliher Construction Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, Contractor, Arkansas State Highway Commission, Dwight H. Blackwood, Chairman,.....1930' Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through and deck truss bridge over Ouachita River on US 167 near Calion
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1930-31 by the Keliher Construction Co. of Little Rock. Replaced 1993
- Builder
- - Keliher Construction Co. of Little Rock, Arkansas
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 2,500.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.34594, -92.53211 (decimal degrees)
33°20'45" N, 92°31'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/543537/3689736 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Calion
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 90000507 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10629 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/1991)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 4.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1988)
- 3,710
Sources
- HAER AR-19 - Ouachita River Bridge
Comments
This bridge was the first time I reached the speed above 100 MPH. I was in a 1970 Plymouth GTX with a 426 Hemi and we buried the speedometer at > 140 MPH. Too cool. Every time I go to visit my parents I think about that time, even though the old bridge has been replaced. It had quite a few bumps and high spots is 1971. What a ride. Scared the hell out of me. But, I was young and invinceable. Never even heard of a 401(k).