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DeGray Creek Bridge

Clark County, Arkansas
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Overview

Photo taken August 2002 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over DeGray Creek on CR 50 (Terrell Road)
Location
Clark County, Arkansas
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1975
Design
Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss with wooden deck
Dimensions
Span length: 61.0 ft.
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 2010
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.16071, -93.18847   (decimal degrees)
34°09'39" N, 93°11'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/482628/3779991 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
De Gray
Inventory numbers
AHTD 11085 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 09001239 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10256 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 34.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
23

Categories 

4-panel truss (215)
Arkansas (1,219)
Built 1930 (1,238)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Clark County, Arkansas (45)
NR-listed (2,353)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,306)
Owned by county (16,485)
 Pin-connected (1,519)
Pony truss (13,216)
Pratt pony truss (2,341)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,995)
Structurally deficient (16,675)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,894)
Truss (23,566)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • January 29, 2010: Updated by James Baughn: Posted to the National Register
  • September 26, 2005: Posted additional photos from Wayne Kizziar

Sources 

  • AHTD
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
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DeGray Creek Bridge
Posted September 16, 2005, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

I paid a visit to this bridge today(9-16-05) and it is still in place, a little worse for ware but still there. Beautiful little bridge in a rustic setting.