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Side view

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View from new bridge

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Close-up of truss

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Pivot pier

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Underneath both spans

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Overview: Through truss bridge with a center swing span over Black River on US 67 at Pocahontas
Location: Randolph County, Arkansas
Status: Open to two lanes of westbound traffic; eastbound traffic is carried by a parallel deck girder bridge
History: Built 1934 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., replacing an earlier through truss structure located closer to the railroad bridge. Parallel bridge built 1986.
Builder: - Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.
Design: Swing Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 115.1 ft.
Total length: 1,253.6 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.2 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.25423, -90.96935 (decimal degrees)
36°15'15" N, 90°58'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/682440/4014058 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Pocahontas
Inventory numbers: AHTD 483 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 90000522 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10553 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2007): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 9,700

Pocahontas Bridge

Posted April 4, 2008, by William

It looks like the swing span will never open again. As the new bridge is in the way and the swing span would hit it.