General Information
| Completion: | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Status: | dismantled (2020) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Pratt type truss bridge |
| Material: |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1977 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Benton, Saline County, Arkansas, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 34° 32' 27.32" N 92° 36' 25.05" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 39.62 m | |
| length | 79.3 m | |
| number of spans | 2 |
Materials
| piers |
concrete-filled steel tubes
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|---|---|
| truss |
steel
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Significance
The Old River Bridge is the second oldest bridge in Arkansas, and is an excellent example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss, a common nineteenth-century bridge type. The bridge was constructed by the Youngstown Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio, a significant bridge-building company. The bridge crosses the river on the Old Military Road, an early route through Arkansas used by Indians and settlers.
q>Report of the Historic American Engineering Record (AR-46)
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Old River Bridge is a historic bridge spanning the Saline River near Benton in Saline County, Arkansas. Now closed to traffic, it formerly carried River Street in Benton across the river south of the city. It is a two-span through truss bridge, mounted on cylindrical concrete columns. It was built in 1889 along the route of the historic military road through the area, and is one of the state's oldest surviving bridges. It was taken out of service in 1974.
As of April 2020 the bridge has been taken down and will be rebuilt as part of the project to put a multi-use trail from Little Rock to Hot Springs on the path of the old Southwest Trail.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Old River Bridge" and modified on March 2, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 165.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20003555 - Published on:
10/06/2002 - Last updated on:
20/05/2021
