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Big Slough Ditch AR 34 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.186667,-90.300000

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Carries AR 34 over Big Slough Ditch
Design: truss/pony/parker
Design Details: Riveted, 8-panel Parker pony truss
Total Length: 168.9 Feet
Span Length: 80.0 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Big Slough Ditch on AR 34
History:
Built:

Location: Greene County

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100458

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Side view

Photo taken March 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

100459

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Deck view

Photo taken March 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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Big Slough Ditch Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 36.069517,-90.361765

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Carries CR 855 over Big Slough Ditch
Design: truss/deck/warren
Design Details: Warren deck truss
Total Length: 252.9 Feet
Span Length: 84.0 Feet

Overview: Lost three-span deck truss bridge over Big Slough Ditch on County Road 855 near Brighton
History: Built 1947 by the Pioneer Construction Co. of Malvern, Arkansas
Built: 1947

Location: Greene County

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100460

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Overview

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100461

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Close-up of one span

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100462

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Close-up of wooden pier

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100463

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Deck view

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Cache River AR 135 Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 36.250077,-90.534706

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Carries AR 135 over Cache River
Design: truss/pony/parker
Design Details: Riveted, skewed, 8-panel Parker pony truss
Total Length: 142.0 Feet
Span Length: 80.0 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Cache River on AR 135 just south of the Clay County line
History: Built 1929 by Miller's Garage and Construction Co.
Built: 1929

Location: Greene County

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100464

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Overview

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

100465

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Looking north

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

100466

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Looking south

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

100467

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Plaque

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

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Eight Mile Creek Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 36.067590,-90.490797

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Carries AR 135 over Eight Mile Creek
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 131.9 Feet
Span Length: 69.9 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Eight Mile Creek on AR 135/US 49B in Paragould
History: Built 1929 by Miller's Garage and Construction Co. of St. Louis, Missouri. Replaced 2001.
Built: 1929

Location: Greene County

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100468

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Overview

Color photo provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

100469

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HAER photo: Side view

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

100470

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HAER photo: Plaque

EIGHT MILE CREEK
Miller's Garage & Cont. Co.
Contractor.
Arkansas
State Highway Commission
Dwight H. Blackwood, Chairman
C.S. Christian, Engineer
1929

Photo taken July 1988 by Louise T. Taft for the Historic American Engineering Record

490409

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Eight Mile Creek Bridge

looking north

HAER Photo

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Sixth Street Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 36.066847,-90.492750

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Carries North Sixth Street over Eight Mile Creek
Design: truss/pony/pratt-half
Design Details: Half-hip Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 88.9 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Eight Mile Creek on North Sixth Street in Paragould
History: Built 1934; rehabilitated 1995; removed sometime after 1997
Built: 1934

Location: Greene County

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100471

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Overview

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Crowley's Ridge State Park Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.043623,-90.663482

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Carries Crowleys Ridge Road over Drainage ditch
Design: arch/deck/stone
Design Details: Stone arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Stone arch bridge over a drainage ditch on Crowleys Ridge Road
History: Built 1935 by the CCC
Built: 1935

Location: Greene County

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122481

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Overview

Photo taken by AHTD

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Cotton Belt - St Francis River Bridge

Status: Removed but not replaced

Location: 36.069590,-90.326637

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Carries St Louis & Southwestern Railroad over St Francis River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 2600.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over St Francis River on St Louis & Southwestern Railroad
History:
Built:

Location: Greene County

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330683

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Bertig Railroad Bridge

The St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad bridge over the St. Francis River at Bertig Arkansas (NW of Cardwell Mo.), June 11, 1946. The bridge had a 100' long swing span.

USACE Memphis District Photo 49974 W. C. Durby June 11, 1946

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St Louis & Southwestern Rail Bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2015

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US 49 Viaduct

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.084414,-90.483919

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Carries US 49 over Abandoned Missouri Pacific Railroad grade
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 302.2 Feet
Span Length: 45.9 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Abandoned Missouri Pacific Railroad grade on US 49
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936

Location: Greene County

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Johnson Creek US 49 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.088610,-90.477225

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Carries US 49 over Johnson Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 122.1 Feet
Span Length: 40.0 Feet

Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Johnson Creek on US 49
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936

Location: Greene County

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Eightmile Creek Railroad Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 36.062382,-90.480277

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Carries Union Pacific Railroad over Eightmile Creek
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Two parallel plate girder spans: One is open to traffic, the other is abandoned with deck removed
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Eightmile Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
History:
Built:

Location: Greene County

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Scatter Creek Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 36.204058,-90.540514

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Carries Cr 125 over Scatter Creek
Design: other
Design Details: railroad flatcars
Total Length: 88.9 Feet
Span Length: 86.9 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge over Scatter Creek on Cr 125
History: Built 1993
Built: 1993

Location: Greene County

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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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