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Damage

Overview: Lost stringer bridge with stone piers over Cove Creek on Cove Creek Road (CR 32)
Location: Crawford County, Arkansas
Status: Destroyed by fire
History: Built 1937; damaged by fire 1999; replaced 2000
Design: Steel stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 27.9 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Inventory numbers: AHTD 12189 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 95000650 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10305 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Cove Creek Bridge

Posted September 19, 2007, by Gene McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

The replacement bridge seems to utilize the original piers, although they have been built up to place the new bridge higher.