Millard Crossing Bridge

Photos 

veiw upstream from the east

Photo taken by Charles Bowden

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Essay 

This bridge is located in the Ozark National Forest on road 1601, 5 miles east of AR 309 on Magazine Mountain. A few yards upstream from the bridge on Shoal Creek there is a natural stone crossing. The old road going up the mountain from Paris crossed the creek here, and it converged here with the roads coming from Dardanelle and Havana. In the late 1800's and early 1900's this crossing was the site of the town of Millard. The town had a post office, hotel, grist mill, store and blacksmith shop however nothing remains today but the stone crossing.

Facts 

Overview

Timber stringer bridge over Shoal Creek on Forest Service road #1601

Location

Logan County, Arkansas

Status

Open to traffic

History

This bridge crosses Shoal Creek on north east side of Magazine mountain at the former town of Millard

Design

Timber stringer

Dimensions

Span length: 87.9 ft.
Total length: 87.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.19583, -93.54389   (decimal degrees)
35°11'45" N, 93°32'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/450487/3894896 (zone/easting/northing)

Elevation

900 ft. above sea level

USGS topographic map

Magazine Mountain NE

Inventory numbers

AHTD 21284 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 36434 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 09/2010)

Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 85.0 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 1982)

30

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Update Log 

• February 3, 2009: New photos from Gene McCluney
• March 28, 2008: Essay added by Charles Bowden

Sources 

• Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com

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