Photos
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Oblique view Photo taken June 2002 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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Portal Photo taken June 2002 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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Deck view Photo taken June 2002 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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View from below Photo taken June 2002 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department |
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Barricade Photo taken April 2006 by David Miles |
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Approach removed Photo taken April 2006 by David Miles |
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Replacement bridge Photo taken April 2006 by David Miles |
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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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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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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia |
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Portal view A couple of "beauty" shots from when the old girl was still open to traffic. 12-27-2002 Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Oblique view Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar |
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Oblique Perspective Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Acute Oblique Perspective From West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Elevation Nw Portal And Piers Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique Perspective Of Below Deck Structure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Inclined End Post Assembly At Western End Of Structure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Perspective View From East Bank Looking W Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Se Portal Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Saline River on CR 5 (Old AR 291) at Tull
- Status
- Closed with approaches removed and awaiting rehabilitation
- History
- Built 1916 by the Boardman Co. of Oklahoma City, OK
- Builder
- - Boardman Co.
- Design
- Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss with wooden deck
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 132.8 ft.
Total length: 204.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.44134, -92.60007 (decimal degrees)
34°26'29" N, 92°36'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/536741/3811165 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Tull
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD M2747 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10562 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 300
Update Log
- June 28, 2010: New Street View added by Cliff Darby
- January 30, 2010: Posted HAER photos
- August 23, 2008: Updated history
- March 18, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
- May 10, 2006: Posted updated photos from David Miles
Sources
- AHTD
- David Miles - imchillindave [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Wayne Kizziar - wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net
- Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com
- HAER AR-77 - Tull Bridge, Spanning Saline River at CR 5, Tull, Grant County, AR
- Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
I was by this bridge June 14th, wish they would get on the ball and make this structure accessible to the public, bridges are not the same if you can't walk on them.
Yeah....I hate those Armco railings as well!......I'm guessing these don't serve a purpose anymore!!
visited today. cool bridge. hate the modern guard rails.
Visited the Tull Bridge on Saturday 17 Feb. This bridge would have intersected with the modern bridge on the west approach. The modern replacement bridge has a bronze plaque indicating it was built 2005 and they are 30 degrees apart from each other. The Tull bridge appears to be ready to be plucked off its piers by a crane from the replacement bridge. I'm glad this is not the case. The galvanized guardrails on the old bridge detract immensely from its character. I would suggest replacing these with period related iron. It will be a great place when developed as a park by the city, given its peculiar angle to the replacement bridge; which is now heavily grafittied. There was more traffic on this highway than I had anticipated - could have been because it was another mild winter day.
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.
The Tull bridge will be left in place with the city of Tull taking it over. The City plans to built a park next to the bridge and build an access ramp up to the bridge so people can walk on it.
where is this bridge going to be relocated to?
Visited this bridge again yesterday and it is still sitting on it's piers awaiting restoration/relocation. Still a beautiful old bridge.