Broadway Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through arch bridge over the Arkansas River on US 70B (Broadway Street) between Little Rock and North Little Rock
- Location
- Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for replacement
- History
- Completed March 1923 as a five-span open-spandrel arch bridge. Two spans replaced with a single steel through arch span in 1974.
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 419.8 ft.
Total length: 2,786.3 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 24.3 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.75229, -92.27432 (decimal degrees)
34°45'08" N, 92°16'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/566418/3845813 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- North Little Rock
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD A2978 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10534 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 12.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
- 21,000
Update Log
- September 30, 2012: New photo from Wayne Kizziar
- February 27, 2011: New photos from David Backlin
- January 19, 2011: Updated by David Backlin: Scheduled for replacement 2013
- June 8, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- April 1, 2009: New photo from Channin Rosenthal
- January 3, 2009: New photo from David Backlin
- July 5, 2005: Posted photos from Wayne Kizziar
Sources
- Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Channin Rosenthal
- Nathan Holth
Comments
Found this video about the new Broadway Bridge design. It appears that there will be no UCEB, but a double arch bridge instead.
Looking through all my old photos, thought I had taken a picture of this bridge. This is from last summer form a hotel in downtown Little Rock.
It's ironic when there is no money to repair bridges, but plenty of money to replace them. Sounds like as big a scam as needing $500 Billion for National Defense.
Im sure this bridge will just be replaced with a generic cement piece of crap bridge, so sad when they decide when they cant repair these bridges, although, Im sure they could if they actually tried.
Well, I'm really glad I took the opportunity to visit and photograph it last year. I just think it's a waste to let things slip out of reach like that. There's a lot of history in that bridge!
Time is running out for the 88 year old bridge .
The Arkansas Highway Dept. Has Anounced the old bridge is no longer repairable and out of date . The old bridge will be torn down and A new bridge will be built in the same place . This will take place some time before the end of 2013 . Sources 1-19-2011 THV Chanel 11 Little Rock . www.kthv.com This site has A complete story.
Oh no ! That is very bad news David. Thanks for the heads up , I'll put it on my list to go photograph again before it's too late.
http://www.swtimes.com/news/article_ee1bebcc-23e2-11e0-82ec-001cc4c002e0.html
Bridge is scheduled to be replaced in 2013
My grandfather told me there was a marker placed in 1927 on this bridge showing the highest mark the river got during the flood. Do you know anything about this?
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