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Cypress Bayou Old US 67 Bridge

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Overview

Historic photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Cypress Bayou on abandoned alignment of US 67
Location
White County, Arkansas, and Lonoke County, Arkansas
Status
Partially collapsed with one truss still standing
History
Bypassed by new alignment in 1950
Design
Warren pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.04610, -91.94541   (decimal degrees)
35°02'46" N, 91°56'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/596180/3878663 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Beebe
Inventory number
BH 10672 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,372)
Arkansas (1,219)
Lonoke County, Arkansas (9)
Pony truss (13,217)
Truss (23,574)
US 67 (67)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,961)
White County, Arkansas (26)

Update Log 

  • February 20, 2007: Daniel Arnold reports bridge is still standing -- sort of

Sources 

  • AHTD
  • Daniel Arnold - oak_grove99 [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments 

Cypress Bayou Old US 67 Bridge
Posted February 9, 2007, by Daniel Arnold (oak_grove99 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge still exists, but it's in rough shape on the old U.S. 67 route.

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