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Dixie Bridge

Craighead County, Arkansas
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Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Locust Creek Ditch carrying CR 988 (formerly CR 513) east of Dixie, just off AR 135
Location
Craighead County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1942
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 143.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.92000, -90.42306   (decimal degrees)
35°55'12" N, 90°25'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/732512/3978144 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dixie
Inventory numbers
AHTD 12149 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 95000614 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10302 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
92

Categories 

Arkansas (1,219)
Built 1942 (162)
Built during 1940s (2,795)
Craighead County, Arkansas (7)
Deck truss (953)
NR-listed (2,353)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,305)
 Owned by county (16,484)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,566)
Warren deck truss (337)
Warren truss (3,957)

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  • February 19, 2005: Posted new photos

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Dixie Bridge
Posted July 11, 2008, by Randall Houp (ghostbridgehunter [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Visited this very unique bridge on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. This bridge is in the middle of nowhere and goes nowhere. Bridge needs some work; found large holes in the decking. Area used for fishing. Bridge photographed from several angles.

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Dixie Bridge
Posted June 11, 2006, by TOM JACKSON (TDJACKSON [at] COX-INTERNET [dot] COM)

I LEARNED TO SWIM BY BEING THROWN OFF THIS BRIDGE, IN THE EARLY FIFTIES, BY TWO OF MY BROTHERS, MARLIN , AND DAVID AND FRIENDS, (IT TOOK5), LOTS OF MEMORIES HERE, WE FARMED JUST WEST OF THE BRIDGE ON LAND THAT JOINED LOCUST CREEK,THERE WERE TWO FAMLIES LIVED ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON NEWTON ISLAND THE RILEY IRWIN FAMILY,JUST BELOW THIS BRIDGE ONE OF THE LARGEST BAPTISINGS WAS HELD HERE IN 1953 , BY REV BILLY KING , AND GW ENDICOTTS FATHER ,

Dixie Bridge
Posted January 29, 2006, by Shannon Sims (scbmsims [at] wmconnect [dot] com)

I love this old bridge, I guess I should, I've jumped, fished, and threw rocks off it a hundred times.

Dixie Bridge
Posted January 29, 2006, by Shannon Sims (scbmsims [at] wmconnect [dot] com)

I love this old bridge, I guess I should, I've jumped, fished, and threw rocks off it a hundred times.