Frog Bayou Old AR 282 Bridge
Photos
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Overview Photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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Stone pier Photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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Top of a pier Photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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Driving my 1948 Chrysler across the bridge in 1989. Photo taken by Gene McCluney |
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Taken in 2006 Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2006 |
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Silver2 Taken in 2006 Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2006 |
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Silver5A Taken in 2006 Photo taken by Gene McCluney in November 2006 |
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Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over Frog Bayou on Old AR 282
- Location
- Crawford County, Arkansas
- Status
- Derelict
- History
- Built 1921-22 by the J.S. Terry Construction Co. of Poteau, OK, Abandoned 1994
- Design
- Pin-connected, 8-panel Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 209.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.4 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1995
- Also called
- Silver Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.61778, -94.18433 (decimal degrees)
35°37'04" N, 94°11'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/392743/3942201 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Frog Bayou
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 95000648 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
AHTD M2675 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10307 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/1992)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 1.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
- 378
Update Log
- April 26, 2009: Updated by David Backlin
- December 7, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney
- August 23, 2008: Updated history
Sources
- AHTD
- Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- HAER AR-65 - Frog Bayou Bridge, Spanning Frog Bayou (Clear Creek) at Old AR 282 (o, Plainview, Crawford County, AR
Comments
Way cool photo Gene. Thanks for posting it .
Here is a photo I took in about 1989 of my vintage 1948 Chrysler crossing this bridge.
I would like to add: As an adult I would drive there just to see it again and to walk and explore again, from a new perspective. It was very shocking the first time I drive there and saw wthat someone had brought the property and gated it after the new highway went in. Now no one is able to even see the bridge without trespassing. This bridge is being lost to all of us that remember it and to those that could know it and use it, as one post said, as a walking path. I am even unable to show my children when my fondest memories are.
I grew up as a child swimming and jumping off of this bridge, called "Silver Bridge". My siblings and I could not wait to get here every weekend of the summer, our parents brought us camping. It is the fondest memories of my life.
While the listing above says "preserved", this is being kind. The bridge sits behind locked gates on private property now, and there is no attempt to "preserve" it. Rather it is more correct to say it is not "demolished". It would be nice if this bridge were accessable to the public for photography or pedestrian use, as part of a walking trail or something. I remember driving across it when it was open.
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