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BNSF - Black Rock Bridge
Photos
Looking east towards rail bridge
Photo taken by Nathan Morton in April 2009
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BH Photo #136855
Description
This railroad bridge was a former swing bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony plate-girder bridge over Black River at Black Rock
- Location
- Lawrence County, Arkansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1927
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
- Design
- Pony plate girder former swing
- Also called
- Frisco - Black Rock Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.10378, -91.09330 (decimal degrees)
36°06'14" N, 91°05'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/671630/3997142 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Black Rock
- Inventory number
- BH 10409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 3, 2016: New photos from James Baughn
- January 12, 2012: New photos from James Whitlow
- April 10, 2009: New photo from Nathan Morton
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- James Whitlow
- Douglas Butler
Nathan, I believe that is just a normal plate-girder bridge that reused the old piers from an earlier swing-bridge.