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Oblique view

The first five photos were provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Close-up of truss

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Facing north

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Facing south

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Plaque

Built by
Virginia Bridge and
Iron Co of Tenn
Roanoke VA
1928

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Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge formerly over Smiths Creek on AR 309
Location: Franklin County, Arkansas
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1928 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.; replaced and relocated to a nearby field
Builder: - Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Design: Polygonal Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.40464, -93.81613 (decimal degrees)
35°24'17" N, 93°48'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD M2848 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10336 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

January 19, 2007: Gene E. McCluney reports bridge has been replaced and is now sitting in a field

Sources

AHTD
Gene E. McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Comments

Smiths Creek Bridge

Posted February 9, 2008, by Randall Houp (ghostbridgehunter [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The Smith Creek Bridge was moved to its new home in Logan County Ar in November 2007. It now resides across the Little Shoal Creek in New Blane Ar. It is located just behind the old schoolhouse (now a store) just south of Ar Highway 22. THIS IS AN EXCELENT EXAMPLE THAT AN OLD BRIDGE CAN BE USED ELSEWHERE AND NOT JUST TORN DOWN AND USED FOR SCRAP.

Smiths Creek AR 309 Bridge

Posted December 23, 2006, by Gene McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I have sent a photo to the webmaster showing the current situation of this bridge, sitting in a field near the roadway. Hopefully he will post it here.

Smiths Creek AR 309 Bridge

Posted July 31, 2006, by Daniel Arnold (oak_grove99 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge has been replaced by a modern concrete bridge, but the truss structure is still intact and is sitting in a field next to the bridge.