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War Eagle Bridge

Benton County, Arkansas
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Side view

Photo taken Dec. 2000 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Oblique view

Photo taken Dec. 2000 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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East approach

Photo taken Dec. 2000 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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West approach

Photo taken Dec. 2000 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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3/4 View Of Parker Through Truss Bridge With Kingpost Approach Spans, Looking Northeast

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Of Bridge From Roadbed, Looking East

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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3/4 View Of Bridge Standing Beside War Eagle Mill (At Left), Looking Southeast

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Of Bridge From Roadbed, Looking West

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Elevation View Of Bridge, Looking North

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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General View Of Bridge From River's Edge, Looking South

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View From Bridge Deck, Looking East

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View From Bridge Deck, Looking West

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Showing Trusses And Bridge Plate Atop Portal, Looking East

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Of Underside Deck Support System From East Bank, Looking West

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Detail View Of Stone Abutment, Looking Northwest

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview Bridge & Mill Looking East

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar in October 2011

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Builders Plaque

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar in October 2011

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Oblique Looking North West

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar in October 2011

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Street Views 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over War Eagle Creek on CR 98
Location
Benton County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907 by the Illinois Steel Bridge Co. of Jacksonville, Illinois; Rehabilitated 2010
Builder
- Illinois Steel Bridge Co. of Jacksonville, Illinois
Design
West approach: Steel stringer span
Main span: Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
East approach: Three homemade Waddell "A" pony trusses built from scrap metal
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 183.0 ft.
Total length: 304.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1985
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.26754, -93.94337   (decimal degrees)
36°16'03" N, 93°56'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/415263/4014036 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
War Eagle
Inventory numbers
AHTD 17807 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 85003497 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10228 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
118

Categories 

9-panel truss (101)
Arkansas (1,189)
Benton County, Arkansas (40)
Built 1907 (357)
Built during 1900s (3,998)
HAER documented (757)
Have street view (8,178)
Illinois Steel Bridge Co. (50)
NR-listed (2,280)
One-lane traffic (7,077)
Open (26,685)
 Owned by county (16,104)
Parker through truss (895)
Parker truss (1,208)
Pin-connected (1,323)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,410)
Structurally deficient (16,326)
Through truss (8,514)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,081)
Truss (22,513)
Wooden deck (5,292)

Update Log 

  • October 23, 2011: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
  • January 1, 2011: Posted additional HAER photos
  • December 11, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Adjusted coordinates
  • September 8, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Rehabilitated 2010
  • August 12, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • April 21, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: NHRP date
  • January 8, 2005: Added AHTD photos

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War Eagle Bridge
Posted December 11, 2010, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

The bridge was closed to all traffic during reconstruction, but has since reopened (as of October 2010).

War Eagle Bridge
Posted June 5, 2010, by Sherry Taylor (Gsherryt [at] aol [dot] com)

I understand the bridge is going to undergo reconstruction. Will there still be a way across the bridge, is it going to be done in stages so that traffic and pedestrians can still get across?