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Cove Creek Bridge

Crawford County, Arkansas

Photos 

Piers

Photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

BH Photo #100337

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost stringer bridge with stone piers over Cove Creek on Cove Creek Crossing
Location
Crawford County, Arkansas
Status
Destroyed by fire
History
Built 1937; damaged by fire 1999; replaced 2000
Builder
- Works Progress Administration
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 27.9 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.72250, -94.40814   (decimal degrees)
35°43'21" N, 94°24'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/372640/3954084 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Natural Dam
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)

Categories 

Arkansas (1,764)
Beam (16,884)
Built 1937 (839)
Built during 1930s (12,167)
Crawford County, Arkansas (82)
Destroyed by fire (235)
Formerly NR-listed (149)
Lost (28,467)
 Lost 1999 (460)
Lost during 1990s (4,143)
Owned by U.S. Forest Service (316)
Owned by federal government (1,287)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,220)
Steel stringer (6,713)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,381)
Works Progress Administration (277)

Update Log 

  • March 27, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Revised GPS
  • December 31, 2009: New photo from Gene McCluney
  • February 19, 2005: Posted new photos

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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.