Photos
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Oblique view Photo taken Dec. 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department |
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Portal Photo taken Dec. 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department |
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Deck view Photo taken Dec. 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department |
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Close-up of railing Photo taken Dec. 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department |
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HAER photo: Side view Photo taken July 1988 by Jeff Holder and Michael Swanda for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008 |
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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008 |
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General View, Looking West, Showing East Elevation (Scale Rod Is Measured In Feet) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View, Showing South Elevation, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View, Showing North Elevation, Looking South (Photograph Is Fogged) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View, Looking North, Showing Truss Members Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail 3/4 View, Looking Northwest, Showing East Elevation, And Stringer-Floor Beam System Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail, Looking East, Showing Lattice Guardrail And Vertical Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail, Looking Southwest, Showing The Guardrail And End Post At The South End Of The West Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail, Looking Northeast, Showing Connection At U1 On The East Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Osage Creek on CR 71 southeast of Healing Springs
- Location
- Benton County, Arkansas
- Status
- Closed
- Future prospects
- Scheduled to be rebuilt
- History
- Built 1911 by the Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
- Builder
- - Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 127.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 1988
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.24101, -94.25347 (decimal degrees)
36°14'28" N, 94°15'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/387369/4011409 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Robinson
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD 10622 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 87002418 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10221 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
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Update Log
- January 30, 2010: Posted HAER photos
- March 26, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Bridge Closed
- December 15, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
- January 20, 2005: Added AHTD photos
Sources
- HAER AR-30 - Osage Creek Bridge
- AHTD
- Gene McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
Comments
Patsy, I know this area very well as I live and work nearby; I'm also saddened to see this bridge closed. Unfortunately, it's more likely that the county will replace rather than rehabilitate this bridge, which is sad.
But I wonder how you got the added one-way distance of 15 miles as a result of this closure? Unless I'm missing something, it's only a six-mile loop on AR264-/112 from one end of the bridge to the other...and that would be a worst-case scenario because you're going from a distance of a few hundred yards across the bridge to all the way around the loop. I log almost all of my mileage (for business expense purposes) and verify it through GPS; on most trips in this area I've only noticed an additional three or four miles, at most.
However, I agree that this beautiful bridge should be rehabilitated and reopened!
I am very much aggravated with this historic bridge as well as many others like it in Arkansas being closed down. Lets look at the whole picture here. This bridge was built by the county with taxpayers money. Why then are these old relics not being properly maintained? County after County constantly cry and boo-hoo about the condition of their bridges. When was the last time Benton County painted this bridge; put a new floor in this bridge; and pulled those dog-gone vines off the bridge that have been there for the last 3 years that I know of? Unfortunately by trying to preserve this bridge, the county can't get their kick backs and under the table dealings that the taxpayers will never know anything about. This comment also applies to Washington County as well. We need to preserve a part of the past to appreciate the future. TAXPAYERS- WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!
Hello
The closing of this Bridge has made people go 15 miles one way, out of their way to get to Relatives and Friends. With the high cost of GAS, it is hard to drive so far to visit.
I hope that this issue can be resolved soon, and it is opened again.
Why is it that the County, State and Government has to make every thing a hardship on the POOR and ELDERLY.
Patsy