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HAER photo This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge before it was replaced [HAER photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft] |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss over Red River on US 82 at Garland City in Garland
- Location
- Miller County, Arkansas
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1931; replaced 1990
- Builders
- - Ira G. Hedrick (Consulting engineer)
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Contractor)
- Design
- Three riveted, 14-panel Pennsylvania through trusses
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.35588, -93.70612 (decimal degrees)
33°21'21" N, 93°42'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/434302/3690963 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Garland
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 90000517 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10454 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER AR-14 - Red River Bridge
Comments
Hello Todd, yes unfortunately they did replace it with a UCEB.
WK
I wonder of the new bridge replacing this one is the "usual" UCEB.....
I THOUGHT, THIS WOULD BE OF INTEREST.
MY GRAND FATHER, IRA EDWIN HAYES WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CONSTRUCTION ON THIS BRIDGE. MY MOTHER GRACE MARIE HAYES, HIS DAUGTHER, WAS THE BOOKKEEPER. MY FATHER, ATWILL REED HUTCHINGS, BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A LABORER ON THIS BRIDGE. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO SUPERINTENDENT OVER THE YEARS.
HE AND MY MOTHER MET HERE AND WERE MARRIED IN 1931.
I remember crossing this bridge as a child, just a few months before it was demolished. My father told me that it was very tricky crossing this bridge in an 18-wheeler, especially when meeting another 18-wheeler head-on going the opposite direction. This bridge was definitely a historical landmark, too bad that it's not still standing.
I very well remember this bridge, since I was a small child. Going to and from Texarkana, we use to cross this bridge. The steel trusses were silver when I was small. Later they painted it orange then blue, until it was closed till demolition. This bridge had some very fnd memories. We even crossed it going toward Mena. We had to go through Texarkana, because it was a better highway. I remember at Lewisville we crossed over the railroad tracks, before approaching the bridge. I wish that this bridge was still standing. It definately was a historical landmark.
I very well remember this bridge, since I was a small child. Going to and from Texarkana, we use to cross this bridge. The steel trusses were silver when I was small. Later they painted it orange then blue, until it was closed till demolition. This bridge had some very fnd memories. We even crossed it going toward Mena. We had to go through Texarkana, because it was a better highway. I remember at Lewisville we crossed over the railroad tracks, before approaching the bridge. I wish that this bridge was still standing. It definately was a historical landmark.