Antoine River Railroad Bridge

Photos 

Antoine River Railroad Bridge #1

Photo looking east, upstream

Photo taken by J Randall Houp, February 7, 2009

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Essay 

Beautiful bridge in a beautiful location. It is located between the ghost-towns of Graysonia and Shawmut. Not the original pass through truss bridge at this location that was built in 1906. This section of railroad running north out of Antoine, Arkansas was originally called the Gurdon & Fort Smith Railroad. It was a famous short line railroad that started service primarily to haul lumber and to service numerous lumber mills along its line. It also hauled passengers,various farms products, and cinnabar among several other things.

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Antoine River on railroad

Location

Clark County, Arkansas, and Pike County, Arkansas

Status

Closed to all traffic

Design

Deck plate girder

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.13934, -93.45403   (decimal degrees)
34°08'22" N, 93°27'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/458139/3777699 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Chalybeate Mountain West

Inventory number

BH 51403 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 17, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Rail-to-trail"
• February 24, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• February 23, 2012: Essay added by J Randall Houp

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