Rating:
3 votes
RI - West Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned bridge over West Creek on Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
- Location
- Sebastian County, Arkansas
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built circa 1903; Abandoned circa 1943
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad (CO&G)
- Also called
- CO&G - West Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.02525, -94.36028 (decimal degrees)
35°01'31" N, 94°21'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/375906/3876688 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Huntington
- Inventory number
- BH 44757 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 21, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Revised description
- April 5, 2010: New photos from David Backlin
- April 4, 2010: Added by David Backlin
Sources
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
Comments
West Creek Bridge
Looks like a thru plate girder that someone's cut out the panels. Seems like there's another bridge or two on this site that's been partly salvaged the same way. What's left would not hold nearly the weight that the floor structure could.
West Creek Bridge
This is a bizarre bridge! It may not be a true example, but it reminds me of a Vierendeel truss.
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This is the Rock Island's Choctaw Route, abandoned in 1981.
I watched Rock Island trains here in the 60's and 70's. What kind of FOOLS abandon a railroad that parallels I-40 for a thousand miles? How many trailers could be moved faster, cheaper, and safer?