Bridgehunter.com | UP - Arkadelphia Bridge

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Photo from dave [at] rightanglepro [dot] com

BH Photo #100196

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Overview: Two-span through truss railroad bridge over Ouachita River on the Union Pacific Railroad at Arkadelphia
Location: Clark County, Arkansas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1930
Builder: - Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia [also known as Virginia Bridge Co.]
Railroad: - Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design: One 5-panel Pratt through truss (slightly taller than other span)
One 6-panel Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.11971, -93.04476 (decimal degrees)
34°07'11" N, 93°02'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/495872/3775429 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Arkadelphia
Inventory number: BH 10252 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

December 30, 2015: New photo from Wayne Kizziar
July 14, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date & builder
July 14, 2012: New photo from Wayne Kizziar
April 2, 2011: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
October 2, 2010: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
May 3, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
February 14, 2008: New photos from Wayne Kizziar
July 13, 2005: Posted photos from Wayne Kizziar

Sources

Wayne Kizziar - waynekizziar [at] gmail [dot] com
Fred Garcia
Nathan Holth
Luke

Comments

UP - Arkadelphia Bridge

Posted October 14, 2020, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I think you're spot-on Geoff

If you look at Wayne's #4 pic it's darn near the same image.

Arkadelphia Railroad Bridge

Posted January 15, 2013, by Tim Reilly (silverhawkti [at] gmail [dot] com)

The railroads typically did this when they expected that they might double track the line. They would then need to have the wider piers to support the wider spans. By putting in the wider piers when the bridge was built it saved on the expense of doing it later.