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Westbound

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Eastbound

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West Embankment

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Below West End

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Underside of Deck

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East End from Below

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Side view from Below

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Overview

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Facts

Overview: Curved concrete bridge over Cannon Creek on CR 5340 (Old AR 16)
Location: Madison County, Arkansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1929 by Walsh & Thomas of Benton, Arkansas. Made obsolete by new bridge in 1988.
Builder: - Walsh & Thomas
Design: Three-span concrete tee beam bridge with 24
degree curve
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 39.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 2004
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.90550, -93.94534 (decimal degrees)
35°54'20" N, 93°56'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Elevation: 1380 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map: Durham
Inventory numbers: AHTD 01069 NRHP 04001033
BH 10444 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1988): 15

Update Log

July 25, 2008: Updated by David Backlin: Updated County Road info (number change)
June 17, 2005: Posted photos by David Backlin

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David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

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Cannon Creek Bridge

Posted July 25, 2008, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

I re-visited this bridge 23 July 2008. It's in really good conditon for being almost 80 years old.