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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
BH Photo #225894
Brief history:
Written by J Randall HoupRailroad 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; MoPac)
- 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
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ar/desha/18541/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ar/desha/18541/
These are some pictures taken at Yancopin, AR at the site of the wooden railroad bridge over Great River Road [CR 43]