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Overview: Small three-span arch bridge over an unnamed creek on Simstown Road (CR 42)
Location: Sharp County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps
Builder: - Civilian Conservation Corps
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 11.1 ft.
Total length: 33.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.2 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.10983, -91.57566 (decimal degrees)
36°06'35" N, 91°34'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Evening Shade
Inventory numbers: AHTD 16943 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10621 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 65.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 94