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Photos

Main span

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the Kingpost span before it was replaced [HAER photos taken Sept. 1986 by Michael Swanda]

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Close-up of truss

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Deck view

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Main span

These photos taken June 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department show the contemporary version of the bridge, with the main span replaced

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Approach

Facts

Overview: Wooden bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad on W. 14th Street in North Little Rock
Location: North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Status: Kingpost truss span replaced with a steel stringer span in 1988, but timber trestle substructure preserved
History: Built 1925; main span replaced 1988
Design: Kingpost pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 32.1 ft.
Total length: 140.1 ft.
Deck width: 21.3 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.76739, -92.26927 (decimal degrees)
34°46'03" N, 92°16'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/566868/3847491 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: North Little Rock
Inventory numbers: AHTD 19417 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 332