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Color photos provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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HAER photo: Side view

Black-and-white photos taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Through truss bridge with center swing span over St. Francis River on US 70 near Madison
Location: St. Francis County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1933 by the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee
Builder: - Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design: Swing Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 232.9 ft.
Total length: 920.7 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1990
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.03667, -90.71210 (decimal degrees)
35°02'12" N, 90°42'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/708700/3879502 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Madison
Inventory numbers: AHTD 01391 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 90000516 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10625 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 1,100