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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
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Side view

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Underneath

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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia

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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia

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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia

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

Categories 

AR 5 (2)
Arkansas (552)
Baxter County, Arkansas (6)
Built 1937 (333)
Built during 1930s (5,230)
Deck truss (547)
HAER documented (348)
NR-listed (1,520)
North Fork White River (Missouri-Arkansas) (5)
Open (21,823)
Owned by state (6,645)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,029)
Structurally deficient (10,852)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,026)
Truss (16,067)
Vincennes Bridge Co. (14)
Warren truss (741)

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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.

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