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Overview

This bridge has seen better days. [The color photos on this page were taken by Wayne Kizziar on Aug. 25, 2001]

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Center pier

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Missing approach

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Portal view

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Underneath

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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]

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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.

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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

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Underneath

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Overview

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

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Oblique Looking South

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View From Adjacent Railroad Bridge

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Map

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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: Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1977
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.53918, -92.61242 (decimal degrees)
34°32'21" N, 92°36'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
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

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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.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.

Old River Bridge

Posted February 13, 2007, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This picture was taken from the east end of the bridge in 1997. I assume the ramp was added for the filming of "Sling Blade".

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.