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Photos

Side view

This black-and-white photos from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge when it was still in use [HAER photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft]

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Deck view

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Plaque

St. Francis River
Vincennes Bridge Co.
Contractor.
Arkansas
State Highway Commission
Jas.R. Rhyne, Director
N.B. Garver, Bridge Engineer
1934

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Construction

These photos taken Feb. 1998 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department show the construction of the new bridge and the relocation of the historic lift span

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New location

Facts

Overview: Abandoned vertical-lift bridge over St. Francis River on AR 18 at Lake City
Location: Craighead County, Arkansas
Status: Bridge demolished except for the main lift span, which has been relocated slightly and preserved
Future prospects: Preserved
History: Built 1934 by the Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana. Replaced by a four-lane bridge in 1998.
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Vertical lift Steel stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 31.0 ft.
Total length: 3,412.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1990
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.82115, -90.43215 (decimal degrees)
35°49'16" N, 90°25'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/731980/3967155 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Lake City
Inventory numbers: AHTD 1207 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 90000515 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10303 (Bridgehunter.com ID)