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Great River Road Underpass
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Great River Road Underpass
Photo looking south on top of trestle
Photo taken by J Randall Houp in December 2011
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BH Photo #225894
Brief history:
Written by J Randall Houp
Railroad trestle located in Yancopin, Arkansas. Last railroad testle going north before the Yancopin Railroad Bridge across the Arkansas River. (see Yancopin Railroad Bridge history.) This whole section of railroad is being turned into the Delta Heritage Hiking Trail, a new Arkansas State Park.
Facts
- Overview
- Wooden railroad bridge over Great River Road (CR 43) northeast of Watson
- Location
- Desha County, Arkansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1928
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 13.1 ft.
Total length: 38.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.94056, -91.21861 (decimal degrees)
33°56'26" N, 91°13'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/664631/3756994 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Yancopin
- Average daily traffic (as of 1983)
- 47
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD 18541 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10325 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of November 1998)
- View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 23, 2012: Essay added by J Randall Houp
This is what it looked like back in 1988 on one of the last trips over this part of the railroad.