US 62 Current Beach River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Current River on AR 67 at Biggers
- Location
- Randolph County, Arkansas
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1929; Superstructure replaced 1960
- Design
- Through truss swing
- Also called
- US 67 Current Beach River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.29861, -90.85850 (decimal degrees)
36°17'55" N, 90°51'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/692291/4019197 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Reyno
- Inventory number
- BH 61738 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 14, 2020: Updated by Luke: Merged info from Webmaster's 2016 entry
- May 14, 2020: Updated by Douglas Butler: Forum comment of Biggers bridge
- October 5, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 16, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Comments
I see what you did there...
I don't think a bridge could be any uglier than the current one.
I just checked photo #2 of the Current River Beach bridge near Biggers, Ar. That photo is on highway 67 and not the bridge on 328 as was indicated on your map. I do remember the Beach bridge also as it was quite a hot spot during the 30s and 40s.
According to your information a bridge was built in 1930 on Current River on road 328 near Reyno, Ar. When was the 1930 bridge destroyed? I don't remember seeing the bridge but remember a ferry on 328 in 40s and 50s. From then I moved out of state. The ferry that we used was run by a man named Naaman Hurst. When I returned to the location years later I was surprised they had a bridge there. Am including a photo of the ferry during the that time.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ar/randolph/current-river/
I didn't even think about it until after I posted! I wondered who would be the first to chime in...