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UP - Newport Swing Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss swing bridge over White River and CR 10 on the Union Pacific Railroad south of Newport
- Location
- Jackson County, Arkansas
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic
- History
- Built 1938 by the Virginia Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Virginia Bridge Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Swing Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 201.0 ft.
Total length: 1,197.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.58792, -91.32019 (decimal degrees)
35°35'17" N, 91°19'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/652187/3939543 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Newport
- Average daily traffic (as of 1983)
- 23
- Inventory numbers
- AHTD 14096 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10386 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 1998)
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Comments
Newport Railroad Bridge
Is there still river traffic through bridge; I have 50' boat, wish to navigate black river to black rock????
Newport Railroad Bridge
Visited and photographed this old bridge on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Bridge in good condition but difficult to photograph at various angles due to all the overgrowth because of summer. Did get some good photos including one with a northbound train on it. Great bridge to see due to its old age. Makes a very unique noise when the train hits it! A lot of rust and a lot of history on this old relic. Glad to see it is still in use.
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This bridge is still in operation. Found it yesterday to be pretty much in the same shape as in the pictures. There was a northbound coal unit train, probably bound for the Entergy plant at Newark, waiting for permission to advance across the bridge. Almost certainly the swing span is inoperable, I don't think there is much commercial traffic on the White River.
Also, I noticed in the description that this crosses a roadway, and that is correct in the smallest of senses. It does cross a dirt county farm road, but it's main purpose is to cross the White River south of Newport.