Ozark Bridge

Visited this bridge at 1:00 p.m. on 25 Feb 2007. The main steel arch span can best be photographed from the lawn behind the hospital on the north bank. Another good photo spot is a Mexican Restaurant on the south downstream bank. The RR tracks below the bridge were lined with rail/track maintenance vehicles/equipment (about 1/2 mile string of them) that really stood out on that bank. This bridge is difficult to photograph due to it's incredible length. To get a profile view, I had to walk a 1/2 mile down the tracks; but essentially one's too far away to get a decent image. Structurally, the steel span seems fairly unique in construction. It was nicely fitted to the existing concrete arches.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.

i recall as child crossing this bridge in 69 - 70 as it was being rehabilitated. you actually had to go UP & OVER the arch via a wooden deck that was built on it. it seemed so high and i remember no side railing, very frightening to me. we crossed it then going to and from Clarksville for my oldest sister who was in College of the Ozarks at the time and the Morrison Bluff bridge between Clarksville and Scranton did not yet exist.