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Stephens Bridge

Ouachita County, Arkansas

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken July 2003 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

BH Photo #100749

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on AR 57 in Stephens
Location
Stephens, Ouachita County, Arkansas
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1990; Bypassed by new bridge and closed 2000
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Polygonal Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 98.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 2005
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.41102, -93.06938   (decimal degrees)
33°24'40" N, 93°04'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/493548/3696855 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stephens
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
760
Inventory numbers
AHTD M1038 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 05001078 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10476 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arkansas (1,750)
Built 1928 (1,173)
Built during 1920s (9,927)
Closed (2,666)
Have street view (26,959)
NR-listed (2,961)
Ouachita County, Arkansas (15)
Owned by state (16,002)
Polygonal Warren pony truss (384)
 Polygonal Warren truss (1,052)
Pony truss (16,189)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,434)
Stephens, Arkansas (1)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,588)
Truss (32,817)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,374)
Warren truss (6,568)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • November 5, 2015: Updated by David Backlin: Added category "Wooden deck"
  • March 5, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • January 19, 2005: Now on the National Register

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Comments 

Stephens Bridge
Posted May 27, 2014, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

Wikipedia listing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Highway_57_Bridge

Stephens Bridge
Posted June 10, 2009, by Wanda McFarland (wanmac1 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Seeing this brings back old memories. I lived in Stephens from 1945 to 1951. Have walked across that bridge many times and am glad to see it is a historic bridge. I thought it had probably been demolished.

Brings back lots of memories.

Stephens Bridge
Posted May 6, 2007, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)

Updated photos taken today 5-6-07. Bridge is in good shape and has a wooden deck that appears to be rail road cross-ties placed end to end. You can see from one of the photos where a builders plate used to be at one time.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.