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Photos

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Oblique view

Color photos taken Dec. 2001 and provided by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department

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Portal

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Deck view

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Close-up of railing

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HAER photo: Side view

This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge from the side [HAER photos taken July 1988 by Jeff Holder and Michael Swanda]

Map

Vicinity map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Osage Creek on CR 71 southeast of Healing Springs
Location: Benton County, Arkansas
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1911 by the Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
Builder: - Youngstown Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 127.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.24101, -94.25347 (decimal degrees)
36°14'28" N, 94°15'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/387369/4011409 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Robinson
Inventory numbers: AHTD 10622 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
NRHP 87002418 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 10221 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2007): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1987): 67

Update Log

January 20, 2005: Added ATHD photos

Sources

HAER AR-30 - Osage Creek Bridge
AHTD

Comments

Osage Creek Bridge

Posted July 1, 2008, by Randall Houp (ghostbridgehunter [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I am very much aggravated with this historic bridge as well as many others like it in Arkansas being closed down. Lets look at the whole picture here. This bridge was built by the county with taxpayers money. Why then are these old relics not being properly maintained? County after County constantly cry and boo-hoo about the condition of their bridges. When was the last time Benton County painted this bridge; put a new floor in this bridge; and pulled those dog-gone vines off the bridge that have been there for the last 3 years that I know of? Unfortunately by trying to preserve this bridge, the county can't get their kick backs and under the table dealings that the taxpayers will never know anything about. This comment also applies to Washington County as well. We need to preserve a part of the past to appreciate the future. TAXPAYERS- WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!

Osage Creek Bridge

Posted June 30, 2008, by Patsy Goates (pgoates [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Hello

The closing of this Bridge has made people go 15 miles one way, out of their way to get to Relatives and Friends. With the high cost of GAS, it is hard to drive so far to visit.

I hope that this issue can be resolved soon, and it is opened again.

Why is it that the County, State and Government has to make every thing a hardship on the POOR and ELDERLY.

Patsy