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Bridge closed

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Petit Jean River on Old AR 109 (CR 277) south of Magazine
Location: Logan County, Arkansas
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1938 by the Vincennes Bridge Co.; closed to traffic ca. 1998
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Main span: Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Approach: 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 272.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.9 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.09668, -93.80077 (decimal degrees)
35°05'48" N, 93°48'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Sugar Grove
Inventory numbers: AHTD M3349 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 95000646 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10435 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Sources

AHTD
Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

Magazine Third Bridge

Posted February 19, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge on 18 Feb 2007 at 5:30 pm. Had a little trouble locating it. There is a boat launch ramp next to it. A pickup truck and an ATV were parked on a side road on the flood plain. This is a long bridge and seems to be in pretty good shape except for missing running boards. A tributary creek merges nearby. Interesting use of hanger bars near the ends instead of full length criss-cross uprights. Pony truss on one approach. Remnants of a rope swing hangs from the upper truss. Noticed an auxillary culvert next to one abuttment with stacked flat rock facing. Silty/sandy banks. Dump truck loads of creek gravel/rock at both approach roads keep bridge closed to all but pedestrians.