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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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

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Close Up Of North Span

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Underneath

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Overview

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Oblique Looking South

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View From Adjacent Railroad Bridge

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Photo taken by J Lance

Map 

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 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)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar

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 

Old River Bridge
Posted May 13, 2010, by Jenna (jenna [at] thomasins [dot] net)

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.

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Old River Bridge
Posted July 18, 2009, by bradley widding (widding [at] gmail [dot] com)

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.

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Old River Bridge
Posted February 24, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

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.

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Old River Bridge
Posted December 1, 2005, by Robert W. Scoggin (robert [dot] scoggin [at] arkansashighways [dot] com)

This bridge was used in the movie Slingblade, another Billy Bob Thornton movie.