Helena Bridge
Photos
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View at twilight Photo taken Jan. 2006 by Nathan Culpepper |
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Under construction This historic photo was provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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West Approach Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2008 |
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Deck View Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2008 |
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Oblique view Photo taken by AHTD |
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Photo taken by Channin Rosenthal in February 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 49 at Helena
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1961; rehabilitated 1991
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 839.6 ft.
Total length: 5,202.7 ft.
Deck width: 27.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.49688, -90.58748 (decimal degrees)
34°29'49" N, 90°35'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/721509/3819892 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Moon Lake
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD 2899 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10486 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2006)
- 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: 47.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 6,700
Update Log
- April 1, 2009: New photo from Channin Rosenthal
- August 26, 2008: New photo from AHTD
- August 23, 2008: Updated history
- April 1, 2008: New photos from David Backlin
- May 22, 2006: Posted photo from Nathan Culpepper
Sources
- Nathan Culpepper - nathan [at] soundsgoodllc [dot] com
- AHTD
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Channin Rosenthal - ichfcr [at] aol [dot] com
Comments
photos taken 2008
i was born and raised in helena my great uncle frank and my dad help paint the bridge and it was the first bridge on the mississippi that i ever drove across man theres so many memorys here
i was born and raised in helena my great uncle frank and my dad help paint the bridge and it was the first bridge on the mississippi that i ever drove across man theres so many memorys here
This bridge has been hit numerous times. Recently was a couple years ago when a crane on a barge hit it. The AHTD closed the bridge to repair the damage, but did not repair it totally.