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Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Frog Bayou on Old AR 282
Location
Crawford County, Arkansas
Status
Derelict
History
Built 1942 by the Works Progress Administration; made obsolete by new bridge in 1985
Builder
- Works Progress Administration
Design
Pin-connected, 8-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
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
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.61778, -94.18433   (decimal degrees)
35°37'04" N, 94°11'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
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)

Categories 

8-panel truss (83)
AR 282 (3)
Abandoned (120)
Arkansas (519)
Built 1942 (114)
Built during 1940s (1,485)
Crawford County, Arkansas (20)
NR-listed (1,481)
Owned by state (6,547)
Parker truss (417)
Pin-connected (424)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,997)
Through truss (5,255)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,785)
Truss (15,801)
Works Progress Administration (91)

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Frog Bayou Old AR 282 Bridge
Posted February 2, 2008, by TL Benac (tlbenac [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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.

Frog Bayou Old AR 282 Bridge
Posted February 2, 2008, by TL Benac (tlbenac [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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.

Frog Bayou Old AR 282 Bridge
Posted September 19, 2007, by Gene McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

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.