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Lafayette Street Bridge

Washington County, Arkansas

Photos 

Overview

Photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

BH Photo #101183

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Art Deco concrete bridge over the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad on Lafayette Street in Fayetteville
Location
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1938 by contractor Ed B. Mooney, Inc.; Refurbished 2016
Builder
- Ed B. Mooney, Inc.
Railroads
- Arkansas & Missouri Railroad (AM)
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
Design
Concrete slab
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 118.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1995
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.06833, -94.16611   (decimal degrees)
36°04'06" N, 94°09'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/394989/3992156 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fayetteville
Average daily traffic (as of 1987)
6,004
Inventory numbers
AHTD 01941 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 95000653 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
AHTD 1941 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10650 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arkansas (1,768)
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad (24)
Built 1938 (901)
Built during 1930s (12,198)
Ed B. Mooney, Inc. (1)
Fayetteville, Arkansas (30)
Functionally obsolete (5,799)
NR-listed (3,014)
 Open (41,012)
Owned by city (6,109)
Slab (2,244)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,274)
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (224)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,414)
Washington County, Arkansas (113)

Update Log 

  • May 14, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 17, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 6, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Scheduled for restoration
  • May 3, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Added USGS Quadrangle
  • March 13, 2005: Posted new photos

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Lafayette Street Bridge
Posted April 3, 2016, by Trish W (trinity8419 [at] gmail [dot] com)

From Arkansas Democrat Gazette article by Bill Bowden, 4/3/16: Restoration finally begun on the Lafayette Street bridge on March 31, 2016. Contract awarded to Crossland Heavy Contractors of Columbus, Kansas, to do the $1.73 million restoration on both the Lafayette St. bridge and the Maple St. bridge. Fayetteville's city engineer Chris Brown said sidewalks will be wider along both bridges, encouraging more pedestrian traffic. The lights also will be replaced, Brown said. He said the restoration work should take about three months on each bridge.