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Carver Bridge

Newton County, Arkansas

Photo 

Buffalo River Bridge at Carver

Photo donated by Jerry Lynn Brasel-Havens of Jasper

Photo taken by local Newspaper

BH Photo #533195

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Buffalo River on AR 123
Location
Newton County, Arkansas
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1916; Replaced 1976
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 544.0 ft.
Also called
Buffalo River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.98333, -93.04167   (decimal degrees)
35°58'60" N, 93°02'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/496243/3982100 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Judea
Inventory number
BH 45378 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arkansas (1,768)
Beam (16,947)
Built 1916 (726)
Built during 1910s (10,013)
Lost (29,074)
Lost 1976 (107)
Lost during 1970s (971)
Newton County, Arkansas (12)
Owned by state (16,591)
 Parker through truss (1,416)
Parker truss (1,812)
Replaced by new bridge (19,767)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,075)
Through truss (17,202)
Timber stringer (4,339)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,090)
Truss (35,951)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2022: New photo from Charles Bowden
  • May 24, 2010: Added by David Backlin

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Charles Bowden - charliesmail101 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Buffalo River Bridge
Posted June 14, 2022, by Charles Bowden (charliesmail101 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Was lucky to find this initial newspaper photo donated by Jerry Lynn Brasel-Havens of Jasper.