Rating:
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Big Piney Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Subdivided Warren through truss bridge over Big Piney Creek on AR 123 near Fort Douglas
- Location
- Johnson County, Arkansas
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic with a weight limit
- Future prospects
- Available for reuse
- History
- Built 1931
- Builders
- - Fred Luttjohann of Topeka, Kansas
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Warren through truss with sub-panels
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 141.0 ft.
Total length: 460.8 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1990
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.67714, -93.23633 (decimal degrees)
35°40'38" N, 93°14'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/478613/3948165 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fort Douglas
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 100
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 90000506 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
AHTD 1597 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10398 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.3 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- November 27, 2017: Updated by David Backlin: Updated to Doomed
- September 12, 2011: New photo from Gene McCluney
- March 28, 2011: Updated by Matt Lohry: Corrected design type: This is a subdivided Warren through truss.
- October 19, 2010: New photos from David Backlin
- April 19, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- January 5, 2005: Posted AHTD photos
Sources
- HAER AR-22 - Big Piney Creek Bridge
- AHTD
- Nathan Holth
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Matt Lohry
- Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
Comments
Big Piney Creek Bridge
Very unique structure!
Big Piney Creek Bridge
Randomly found this bridge today while driving through the national forest getting to some waterfalls. Its a beauty and being a one lane bridge is an awesome thing to go over. They just dont make things like they used to :(
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Went over this bridge yesterday. Very cool.