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Sugar Loaf Creek WPA Bridge

Montgomery County, Arkansas

Photos 

Deck View

Eastbound SH 182; asphalt surface

Photo taken by Fred Garcia in August 2011

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BH Photo #207934

Map 

Description 

Cast in place deck, pier & abutments. Steel stringer. Asphalt surface. West bound abutment wing is fractured. No weight limits noted. Diagonal warning sign post has following info: 182-4 / 1.05

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Sugar Loaf Creek on Hwy 182
Location
Montgomery County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941
Builder
- Works Progress Administration
Design
Concrete deck on steel stringers. Concrete abutments.One center support pier, 6 guardrail segments,asphalt highway either end.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 30.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Also called
Hwy 182 Sugar Loaf Creek
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.35373, -93.44752   (decimal degrees)
34°21'13" N, 93°26'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/458844/3801468 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Amity
Inventory number
BH 49306 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arkansas (1,749)
Beam (15,708)
Built 1941 (467)
Built during 1940s (4,093)
Fence guardrail (254)
Montgomery County, Arkansas (15)
 Open (39,882)
Owned by state (15,983)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,664)
Steel stringer (6,220)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Works Progress Administration (264)

Update Log 

  • August 7, 2011: Added by Fred Garcia

Sources 

  • Fred Garcia
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Comments 

Sugar Loaf Creek WPA Bridge
Posted October 17, 2013, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I can decode the white sign next to the bridge. The 182-4 refers to highway 182, section 4. The center of this bridge is 1.05 miles from the beginning of section 4.