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A&O - White River Bridge (Beaver)

Carroll County, Arkansas

Photos 

Side view

Photo taken by Duane Kepford

BH Photo #100164

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned through truss railroad bridge over White River at Beaver
Location
Beaver, Carroll County, Arkansas
Status
Derelict with entire deck removed
History
Built 1907 by the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co., replacing an earlier 1882 bridge
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroads
- Arkansas & Ozarks Railway (A&O)
- Missouri & North Arkansas Railway (M&NA)
Design
Main span: Baltimore through truss
Approach span: Warren pony truss
Rest of approach: Wooden trestle
Also called
M&NA - White River Bridge (Beaver)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.47454, -93.76501   (decimal degrees)
36°28'28" N, 93°45'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/431466/4036856 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Beaver
Inventory number
BH 10238 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,404)
Arkansas (1,719)
Arkansas & Ozarks Railway (5)
Baltimore through truss (307)
Baltimore truss (337)
Beaver, Arkansas (4)
Built 1907 (670)
Built during 1900s (6,912)
Carroll County, Arkansas (29)
 Missouri & North Arkansas Railway (12)
Owned by railroad (11,519)
Pin-connected (3,768)
Railroad (14,687)
Through truss (14,308)
Truss (31,592)
White River (Arkansas-Missouri) (34)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (142)

Update Log 

  • September 16, 2018: New photos from Chris Perry
  • November 8, 2013: New photos from Shane Passmore
  • September 15, 2012: New photo from Lisa Hyde
  • May 17, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Removed category "Railroad"
  • October 22, 2011: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
  • April 4, 2009: New photos from Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Duane Kepford - kepfords [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Wayne Kizziar - waynekizziar [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Lisa Hyde
  • Shane Passmore - aa5te [dot] kb5ehr [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Chris Perry
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M&NA - White River Bridge (Beaver)
Posted December 6, 2014, by Robert McClain (mc-clain [at] swbell [dot] net)

Attached are two pictures that are of the old original bridges at Beaver Arkansas

M&NA White River Bridge (Beaver)
Posted April 10, 2014, by Kent Pillatsch (kentpil [at] netscape [dot] net)

Here is a current photo of the bridge taken 04/07/14.

Beaver Railroad Bridge
Posted March 27, 2010, by Brian Parkinson (morailfan [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is The Missouri & North Arkansas Railway's Bridge number 73.8 over the White River at Beaver, AR. The Bridge was numbered by its mileage from the railroad's western terminus at Joplin, MO. The tracks here, and all the others on the M&NA were finally abandoned in 1961, with the rails being pulled the following year. Beaver had a depot and an 18 car siding. Attached is a photograph taken from the locomotive of an eastbound train about to cross the bridge. The photograph appears to have been taken near the demise of the railroad. Hope this helps!

Beaver Railroad Bridge
Posted July 7, 2008, by Gene E. McCluney (mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

The Beaver Railroad bridge (derelict) currently has water right up to the deck level. Lots of debris has collected against the bridge. This photo was taken on July 5, 2008