Photos
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Overview Photo taken August 2001 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Center pier Photo taken August 2001 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Missing approach Photo taken August 2001 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Portal view Photo taken August 2001 by Wayne Kizziar |
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Underneath Photo taken August 2001 by Wayne Kizziar |
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HAER photo: deck view Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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HAER photo: three bridges Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
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On The Bridge Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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South Portal Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Looking West Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Close Up Of North Span Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Underneath Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Overview Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Oblique Looking South Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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View From Adjacent Railroad Bridge Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Photo taken by J Lance |
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Facts
- Overview
- Two-span through truss bridge over Saline River on the Old Military Road near Benton
- Location
- Saline County, Arkansas
- Status
- Abandoned with portions of deck missing
- History
- Built 1899 by the Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio; closed to traffic in 1974
- Builder
- - Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
- Design
- Two pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through trusses with a wooden deck
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1977
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.54087, -92.60694 (decimal degrees)
34°32'27" N, 92°36'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/536066/3822199 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Benton
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 77000277 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10559 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
- HAER AR-46 - Old River Bridge
- Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com
- J Lance - bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
I went down to the bridge this afternoon. After seeing an article about trying to make it a historic site and reusable earlier this year, I've been curious about what it looks like. It would take a lot of work to make it reuseable again. It is beautiful down there though.
visted this bridge for the first time 7.18.09 from the benton side. i understand you can no longer approach from the haskel side as it has been blocked off. people have been vandalizing the pump station. most of the deck is gone. some areas are even starting to collapse. you cannot get "onto" the bridge itself as the approach is gone. the thing that struck me about the bridge is its size and height. it's massive.
Visited this bridge 29 October 2006 about 5:30 pm. Not able to get on bridge itself, but there is a RR bridge about 100 yds. downstream that I crossed to the other side for additional pictures. It's a little weedy around the north approach and some of the trestle is still in place which is another good spot to take photos of the deck.
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.
This bridge was used in the movie Slingblade, another Billy Bob Thornton movie.