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Overview

Photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Big Fork Creek on CR 675 just off AR 8
Location: Polk County, Arkansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1915; rehabilitated 1987
Design: Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 71.8 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.48829, -93.96716 (decimal degrees)
34°29'18" N, 93°58'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/411198/3816722 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Big Fork
Inventory numbers: AHTD 16245 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10498 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2012): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 50

Update Log

June 30, 2010: New photos from Fredrick Garcia
February 20, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources

AHTD
Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
Fred Garcia

Comments

Big Fork Creek CR 675 Bridge

Posted June 30, 2010, by Fredrick Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited this bridge at 1:15 p.m. on 29 June 2010. Some observations are: (1) that the north main portal has deformation damage from vehicle strike. Several of the vertical and diagonal ladder braces are also noticably distorted. (2) this bridge has since been equipped with running boards, (3) the weight limits have changed. I didn't notice any of the above in Wayne's 2005 photos. Nuts and bolts are are prevalent probably from the last rehab. I will add some updated photos to this posting that will show these observations/changes.

Butcher Knife Creek crosses under Hwy 8 with a modern concrete bridge (1949 plaque) within eyeshot of this Big Fork Bridge.