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Arkansas River Railroad Bridge

Sebastian County, Arkansas, and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
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Vintage photo provided by Gene McCluney

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Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Arkansas River for Railroad and at one time Wagon traffic in Ft. Smith. It was removed due to the Kerr-McClellan Arkansas river navigation project.
Location
Moffett, Sebastian County, Arkansas, and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Status
Lost
History
Built 1891, removed 1969
Builder
- Union Bridge Co.
Design
Peagram truss
Dimensions
Total length: 2,407.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Also called
Iron Mountain railroad bridge
Helen Gould Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.38800, -94.43352   (decimal degrees)
35°23'17" N, 94°26'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/369805/3917015 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fort Smith
Inventory number
BH 38330 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Arkansas (1,219)
Arkansas River (89)
Built 1891 (120)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Fort Smith, Arkansas (14)
Lost (10,374)
Lost 1969 (17)
Lost during 1960s (129)
Missouri Pacific Railroad (68)
Moffett, Oklahoma (1)
Oklahoma (1,642)
 Owned by railroad (4,052)
Railroad (4,083)
Replaced by new bridge (7,141)
Sebastian County, Arkansas (68)
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma (33)
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad (9)
State line crossing (514)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)
Truss (23,575)
Union Bridge Co. (32)
Wagon bridge (1)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Revised GPS
  • February 23, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Added GPS
  • February 15, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Added USGS quadrant
  • March 8, 2009: New photos from Gene McCluney
  • December 7, 2008: Added by Gene McCluney

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Arkansas River Railroad Bridge
Posted February 20, 2010, by Mike Page (mike [dot] page [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Not to change the subject, but I find that first photo to be incredibly interesting. My first love was locks and dams on the Green River near my home in the 1830's. That first photo shows the hull of a sternwheel packet steamer being built in the foreground. That is way cool.

Arkansas River Railroad Bridge
Posted February 19, 2010, by jack (jackkav [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

jeez crazy bridge?

Arkansas River Railroad Bridge
Posted February 15, 2010, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

More info can be found here:

http://condrenrails.com/FSVB/Bridges/Iron-Mountain-Bridge.htm

Arkansas River Railroad Bridge
Posted June 14, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This must have been an incredible structure. A multiple span Pegram truss is not something you see everyday.