UP - Judsonia Bridge

Photos 

View from Judsonia road bridge.

November 24th 2001

Photo taken by Wayne Kizziar

BH Photo #112760

Map 

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 (MP; MoPac)
- 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)

Categories 

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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