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Norfork Railroad Bridge

Baxter County, Arkansas

Photos 

Side view

Photo taken May 2005 by Keith Stephens

BH Photo #100079

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Three-span through truss bridge over North Fork White River and Prospect Street on the railroad at Norfork
Location
Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built ca. 1909
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
North to south:
One 6-panel Pratt through truss
One 9-panel Parker through truss
One 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 228.9 ft.
Total length: 631.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.21243, -92.28721   (decimal degrees)
36°12'45" N, 92°17'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/564069/4007745 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Norfork
Average daily traffic (as of 1983)
65
Inventory numbers
AHTD 19006 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10211 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 1999)
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Categories 

Arkansas (1,714)
Baxter County, Arkansas (18)
Built during 1900s (6,791)
Have street view (25,402)
Norfork, Arkansas (3)
North Fork White River (Missouri-Arkansas) (5)
Open (38,207)
Owned by railroad (11,099)
Parker through truss (1,229)
 Parker truss (1,597)
Pratt through truss (5,004)
Pratt truss (8,739)
Railroad (14,365)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,885)
Through truss (14,033)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,659)
Truss (31,221)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,161)

Update Log 

  • January 8, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added city
  • August 19, 2011: New photo from Lisa Hyde
  • October 19, 2008: Updated by David Backlin
  • June 1, 2005: Posted photos from Keith Stephens

Sources 

  • Keith Stephens - keithstephens [at] cox-internet [dot] com
  • Fred Garcia
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Lisa Hyde
  • Luke
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Norfork Railroad Bridge
Posted March 3, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge at 4:00 pm on 2 March 2007. There are several good vantage points to get photos. Good straight-on view can be taken right from the RR crossing before getting on the gravel road that takes you under both bridges. Also took a nice photo from the same rock promontory that I used for the long shot of the Norfork vehicle bridge. RR bridge seems hefty and rusty.

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