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Dale Bend Bridge

Yell County, Arkansas
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Side view

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

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

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 on January 21, 2010
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.07715, -93.24121   (decimal degrees)
35°04'38" N, 93°14'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/478010/3881625 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ola
Inventory numbers
AHTD 17726 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 09001263 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10680 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
20

Categories 

7-panel truss (246)
Arkansas (1,219)
NR-listed (2,353)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,297)
Owned by county (16,482)
Petit Jean River (11)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Pratt through truss (3,162)
 Pratt truss (5,654)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,559)
Vincennes Bridge Co. (84)
Wooden deck (5,397)
Yell County, Arkansas (40)

Update Log 

  • August 19, 2011: New photo from Lisa Hyde
  • January 29, 2010: Updated by James Baughn: Posted to the National Register
  • December 15, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
  • January 8, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • AHTD
  • Fred Garcia
  • J Lance - bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Lisa Hyde
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Dale Bend Bridge
Posted August 19, 2011, by Lisa Hyde (lcsouthall [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I approached this bridge from the North with plans to travel on across and head toward Plainview. As I crossed the bridge, I discovered the road was completely flooded out with only a small area to turn my car around. We had had a lot of flooding in the state prior to this visit on 06/11/2011. The Petit Jean River was definitely high that day.

Dale Bend Bridge
Posted August 11, 2011, by Irene Burnett (reniepooh37 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I currently live at Mt.George and use this bridge whenever I want to go to Ola.I've always wondered about the history of this bridge.

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

Here is this bridge in the wintertime

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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.

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Randall Houp