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View from below

Color photos provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department
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Deck view

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Approach

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Contractors plaque

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Truss plaque

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HAER photo

This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge from the side [HAER photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft]

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Buffalo River on AR 7
Location
Newton County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 374.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.6 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1990
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.06212, -93.13866   (decimal degrees)
36°03'44" N, 93°08'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map
Jasper
Inventory numbers
AHTD 01689 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 90000509 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10470 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Deck condition rating: (sd out of 9)

Categories 

AR 7 (14)
Arkansas (519)
Buffalo River (Arkansas) (3)
Built 1931 (408)
Built during 1930s (5,105)
HAER documented (282)
NR-listed (1,472)
Newton County, Arkansas (6)
Open (21,541)
Owned by state (6,496)
Pennsylvania truss (97)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,981)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,074)
Truss (15,706)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (16)

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