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Spavinaw Creek Railroad Bridge

Benton County, Arkansas
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The caption says "Bridge over the Spavinau River, Gravette, Ark."

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Overview
Lost Waddell "A" through truss bridge over Spavinaw Creek on the Kansas City Southern Railway near Gravette
Location
Benton County, Arkansas
Status
No longer exists
Design
Waddell "A" through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.38546, -94.47535   (decimal degrees)
36°23'08" N, 94°28'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/367675/4027713 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Gravette
Inventory number
BH 10227 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Arkansas (1,219)
Benton County, Arkansas (42)
Kansas City Southern Railway (116)
Lost (10,485)
Owned by railroad (4,119)
Patent 529,220 (1)
Railroad (4,220)
Through truss (9,250)
Truss (23,609)
Waddell "A" truss (3)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
  • June 23, 2005: Posted new photos
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Spavinaw Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted September 14, 2008, by Charles L. Weston (sanantonioriverman [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Here is a picture that shows two of this type of bridge on the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad (Gulf Coast Lines, Missouri Pacific):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19369790@N02/2837936080/in/pool-uvalde

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