AM - Little Sugar Creek Bridge

Photos 

Brightwater Railroad Bridge

Photo showing west side of bridge looking north

Photo taken by J Randall Houp, August 7 2009

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BH Photo #225896

Map 

Brief history: 

The most famous Frisco train wreck occured at this bridge on November 29, 1907. A runaway freight train came down the slope from Avoca heading for this steel trestle over Little Sugar Creek. It slammed into a slower moving train that was still on the bridge. "Due to the quick thinking of the engineer of the runaway train, who blew warning signals on the whistle, all crew from both trains jumped to safety before collision. The runaway train's engine plunged forty feet into Little Sugar Creek. The only casualies were four show horses on the leading train. Some of the whiskey cargo on the leading train was unaccounted for after the cleaup." Note: Now known as, Arkansas-Missouri Railroad.

Facts 

Overview

Bridge over Little Sugar Creek on Frisco Railroad, now Arkansas -Missouri Railroad.

Location

Brightwater, Benton County, Arkansas

Status

Open to traffic

Railroads

- Arkansas & Missouri Railroad (AM)
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)

Design

Deck plate girder

Also called

Frisco - Little Sugar Creek Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+36.41953, -94.05139   (decimal degrees)
36°25'10" N, 94°03'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/405743/4030995 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Pea Ridge

Inventory number

BH 51421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 14, 2013: New photo from Joshua Durbin
• February 27, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• February 24, 2012: Essay added by J Randall Houp

Sources 

• J. Randall Houp
• Joshua Durbin - anzio_anney_07_89 [at] hotmail [dot] com

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