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Old Wire Road Tunnel

Benton County, Arkansas
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Photos taken October 2005 by David Backlin

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Railroad tracks above

Taken October 2005 by David Backlin

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Old Wire Road (CR 1703) on the Arkansas-Missouri Railroad (fromerly Frisco RR)
Location
Benton County, Arkansas
Status
Open to railroad traffic above and road traffic below
History
Built ca. 1920
Design
Concrete closed-spandrel arch bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 20.0 ft.
Total length: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.41560, -94.05780   (decimal degrees)
36°24'56" N, 94°03'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/405163/4030565 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pea Ridge
Inventory numbers
AHTD 10676 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10220 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,108)
Arkansas (1,189)
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad (17)
Benton County, Arkansas (40)
Built during 1920s (6,720)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,504)
 Deck arch (8,311)
Open (26,685)
Span length under 25 feet (3,849)
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad (46)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,374)

Update Log 

  • December 12, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Added USGS Quadrant
  • October 12, 2008: Updated facts and location
  • December 7, 2005: Posted photos from David Backlin

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Old Wire Road Tunnel
Posted June 7, 2006, by Colin Campbell (cmcampb [at] adelphia [dot] net)

I was in Siloam Springs last week with my mother, Doris Harman Kessler, and we were looking for structures built by her grandfather, Willis Tweed Harman, who lived in Siloam Springs. She remembers that he built the first dam in Siloam Springs to make a pool of the two springs there, and that he worked on the construction of (she thinks) a narrow gauge railroad, which might have been nicknamed "Peavine". It might have roughly followed the route of the present Arkansas & Missouri RR.

He used to put the name "Harman" in the concrete structures he built. I wondered whether this railroad bridge, or any other bridges or viaducts in northwest Arkansas are known that show the name "Harman".

If anyone knows of structures with the name "Harman" on them, we'd sure appreciate hearing from you!