Photos
 |
Overview This bridge has seen better days. [The color photos on this page were taken by Wayne Kizziar on Aug. 25, 2001] |
 |
Center pier |
 |
Missing approach |
 |
Portal view |
 |
Underneath |
 |
HAER photo: deck view This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the condition of the deck in 1988 [HAER photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft] |
 |
HAER photo: three bridges In the foreground is the Old River Bridge, in the background are two railroad bridges, only one of which remains today. |
 |
Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
 |
Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
 |
Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
 |
Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
 |
Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
 |
On The Bridge Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
South Portal Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
Looking West Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
Close Up Of North Span Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
Underneath Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
Overview Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
Oblique Looking South Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
View From Adjacent Railroad Bridge Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
 |
Photo taken by J Lance |
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
-
Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.53918, -92.61242 (decimal degrees)
34°32'21" N, 92°36'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/535564/3822009 (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
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.