Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Oblique view

These photos were taken June 2002 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Portal

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Deck view

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View from below

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Barricade

These photos, taken April 2006 by David Miles, show the bridge temporarily abandoned and bypassed by a new structure

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Saline River on CR 5 (Old AR 291) west of Tull in Tull
Status: Closed with approaches removed and awaiting rehabilitation
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss with wooden deck
Dimensions: 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")
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

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

Comments

Tull Bridge

Posted February 20, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

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.

Tull Bridge

Posted January 8, 2007, by Robert Scoggin (Robert [dot] scoggin [at] arkansashighways [dot] com)

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.

Tull Bridge

Posted September 21, 2006, by charles bowden (mtmn96 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

where is this bridge going to be relocated to?

Tull Bridge

Posted July 9, 2006, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Visited this bridge again yesterday and it is still sitting on it's piers awaiting restoration/relocation. Still a beautiful old bridge.