Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Overview from the ground

Color photos taken June 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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North end

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South end

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Plaque

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Oblique view

Black and white photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft of the Historic American Engineering Record

Map

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Facts

Overview: Four-span deck truss bridge over North Fork White River on AR 5 at Norfork
Location: Baxter County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Construction started Aug. 21, 1936, by the Vincennes Steel Company; dedicated June 17, 1937
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Warren deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 166.0 ft.
Total length: 533.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1990
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.21276, -92.28631 (decimal degrees)
36°12'46" N, 92°17'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/564150/4007783 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Norfork
Inventory numbers: AHTD 00587 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 90000512 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 1983): 9,903

Update Log

January 8, 2005: All new photos

Sources

HAER AR-10 - Norfork Bridge
AHTD
Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

Norfork Bridge

Posted March 3, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge at 3:45 pm on 2 March 2007. There is a gravel road that runs under both bridges past the trout docks that is good for photos. On the east abuttment there is a rock promontory to get good long view photos of the bridge. This bridge looks more modern than its age suggests and is in excellent condition from my observation.

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