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Side view

Photos taken April 2003 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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South portal

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North portal

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Plaque

Built by the
Vincennes Bridge Co
Vincennes Ind

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Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Petit Jean River on Dale Bend Road (CR 49)
Location: Yell County, Arkansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built by the Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 119.1 ft.
Total length: 159.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.07715, -93.24121 (decimal degrees)
35°04'38" N, 93°14'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
USGS topographic map: Ola
Inventory numbers: AHTD 17726 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10680 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 20

Update Log

January 8, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources

AHTD
Fredrick Garcia - fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

Dale Bend Bridge

Posted February 28, 2007, by Fred Garcia (fandsgarcia [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visted this bridge at 2:30 pm on 11 Nov. 2006. This bridge is very photographable from most locations on either end. It is narrow, for I can open both front doors on my Toyota Corolla and they will touch the guardrails.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.

Dale Bend Bridge

Posted February 13, 2007, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This picture was taken in 1997.

Dale Bend Bridge

Posted February 9, 2007, by Daniel Arnold (oak_grove99 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here is this bridge in the wintertime

Petit Jean River CR 49 Bridge

Posted January 5, 2007, by Randall Houp (ghostbridgehunter [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Locally and in Yell County Court records,this bridge is known as the DALE BEND BRIDGE.

GHOSTBRIDGEHUNTER

Randall Houp