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Oblique view

Photos provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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East end

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West end

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Close-up of railing

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Plaque

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Facts

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Illinois River on CR 623 (Black Nursery Road) northeast of Prairie Grove
Location: Washington County, Arkansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1923 by the Luten Bridge Co.
Builder: - Luten Bridge Co. of Knoxville, Tennessee
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 97.1 ft.
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.99517, -94.29814 (decimal degrees)
35°59'43" N, 94°17'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD 17390 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10656 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2004): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 48.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 26

Update Log

March 13, 2005: Posted new photos

Comments

Prairie Grove Bridge Black Nursery Road Previous Bridge

Posted April 4, 2007, by John Cross (jcross [at] fortsmithhome [dot] com)

Does anyone have any information on the bridge that stood at this site prior to the Luten bridge (this Luten bridge has a beautiful compound arch). In photographing this location I discovered, below/adjacent to the exiting bridge an abutment and a latice verticle from a previous bridge. I would be very interested in any information and dates.

thanks, and good hunting,

john

please email me if you have any information

you can see the near and far abutment/pier and the latice iron in the water in the supplied photos

john cross

Prairie Grove Bridge

Posted December 1, 2005, by Robert W. Scoggin (robert [dot] scoggin [at] arkansashighways [dot] com)

This bridge was used in the movie the Blue and the Grey.