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Ouachita River Bridge

Polk County, Arkansas

Photos 

View north - gravel road both sides

Eagleton side

Photo taken by Fredrick Garcia in May 2010

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BH Photo #165852

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Ouachita River on CR 97
Location
Eagleton, Polk County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Bronze plaque: "Constructed 1936, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Maximum load 15 tons
Builder
- U.S. Department of Agriculture of Washington, D.C.
Design
Simple concrete slab design with with edge shoulders,center of bridge slab supported by concrete crossbeam pier. Standard concrete two beam pass-thru guardrail that is intact on both sides. No flareout of portal posts. Bronze plaque on southeast portal post. Plaques shows 15 tons weight limit.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 30.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Also called
Eagleton Bridge
CR 97 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.68038, -94.30021   (decimal degrees)
34°40'49" N, 94°18'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/380890/3838368 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rich Mountain
Elevation
1500 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 45298 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arkansas (1,769)
Built 1936 (1,214)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
Eagleton, Arkansas (1)
Open (41,206)
Ouachita River (35)
Owned by U.S. Forest Service (317)
 Owned by federal government (1,293)
Polk County, Arkansas (43)
Rigid frame (785)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,357)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,726)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (4)

Update Log 

  • May 22, 2010: Updated by J Lance: Removed incorrect information about Big Creek
  • May 19, 2010: Added by Fredrick Garcia

Sources 

  • Fred Garcia
  • J Lance - bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Ouachita River Bridge
Posted September 2, 2020, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

According to some maps from the era, US 271 crossed the river (the upper Ouachita River is really a small creek that is extremely shallow in places) at this location for a year or two. Some maps show it as US 371. This bridge was built after the highway was rerouted, so this isn't an old US 271 bridge.