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Norfork Lake Bridge

Baxter County, Arkansas

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Photo taken in July 2013

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Overview
Girder bridge over Norfork Lake on US 412 & US 62
Location
Baxter County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1982
Design
Girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 254.9 ft.
Total length: 3,460.1 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.37000, -92.24167   (decimal degrees)
36°22'12" N, 92°14'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/568026/4025255 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Norfork Dam North
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
5,000
Inventory numbers
AHTD 5770 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 57013 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arkansas (1,749)
Baxter County, Arkansas (18)
Built 1982 (71)
Built during 1980s (703)
Continuous (2,483)
Girder (10,233)
Have street view (26,945)
Lake Norfork (3)
 Modern (2,437)
Open (39,882)
Owned by state (15,982)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
US 412 (15)
US 62 (80)

Update Log 

  • August 14, 2020: New photos from Jason
  • September 23, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • July 6, 2013: Updated by M. D. Caillet: Added categories "US 62", "US 412", "Lake Norfolk"

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Norfork Lake Bridge
Posted September 4, 2013, by Kat Robinson (kat [at] tiedyetravels [dot] com)

Just the ferry.

Norfork Lake Bridge
Posted September 2, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Was there a third bridge here between '42 and '82 or just the ferry?

Norfork Lake Bridge
Posted September 2, 2013, by Kat Robinson (kat [at] tiedyetravels [dot] com)

Until 1984, a ferry ran from Panther Bay to Henderson over Lake Norfork. Here's a historic postcard:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/748969101...

Now, there was a ferry that operated across the Norfork River in this general area until 1934, when a span was built across it. However, by 1943 the area was inundated from the waters filling Norfork Lake, rendering the span not only useless but submerged. Today THAT bridge lies 80 feet below the surface.

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has an image of the old bridge as the lake inundated...

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/media-det...

Norfork Lake Bridge
Posted July 8, 2013, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Not trying to troll here, but other then length, does this bridge have any particular significance?