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UP - Judsonia Bridge
Photos
View from Judsonia road bridge.
November 24th 2001
Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar
BH Photo #112760
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss swing bridge over Little Red River on the Union Pacific Railroad at Judsonia
- Location
- Judsonia, White County, Arkansas
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic
- History
- Built 1912 by Jay Gould's St. Louis , Iron Moutain & Southern Railroad.
- Builders
- - Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Substructure)
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia (Superstructure) [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad ("MoPac" MP)
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (StLIM&S)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Swing Warren through truss
- Also called
- UP - Little Red River Swing Bridge
MoPac - Little Red River Swing Bridge
MoPac - Judsonia Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.26684, -91.63623 (decimal degrees)
35°16'01" N, 91°38'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/624044/3903487 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Judsonia
- Inventory number
- BH 10674 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 21, 2016: Updated by Luke: Builders
- July 19, 2009: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
- March 9, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
Related Bridges
- Iron Mountain - Judsonia Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Fred Garcia
- Wayne Kizziar - waynekizziar [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- AREA Bulletin, Issue 150 By American Railway Engineering Association - Book
- Luke
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I was able to visit both bridges May 1, 2010 and take some pics that I thought you might like to see. A car was able to pass over the Road Bridge after unlocking both gates, and we were fortunate to witness the BNSF train passing over the RR Bridge.