Augusta Railroad Bridge

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Augusta Railroad Bridge

Profile photo taken on the west bank of the White River looking upstream.

Photo taken by J Randall Houp in April 2010

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Short Note: 

Bridge not the easiest to get to. A lot of private land makes access to the area very difficult. As it is all along the White River, it is very muddy, swampy, and full of gnats, mosquitoes, and other bugs. Both banks are heavilly tree-lined and hard to get really good profile photographs. Area floods easily. About 2 miles east of the bridge once stood the New Augusta Railroad Depot. Use caution when going; a boat would be best!

Facts 

Overview

Through truss swing bridge over White River on Union Pacific Railroad

Location

Woodruff County, Arkansas, and White County, Arkansas

Status

Open to traffic

Design

Through truss swing bridge

Also called

New Augusta Railroad Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.27156, -91.38792   (decimal degrees)
35°16'18" N, 91°23'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/646624/3904349 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Augusta SW

Inventory number

BH 51324 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 21, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• February 18, 2012: Essay added by J Randall Houp

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