Cache River Bridge

Cache River Bridge
Crosses Cache River
Characteristics
Design Parker pony truss
Material Steel
Total length 375 feet 11.5 inches (114.592 m)
Width 24 feet (7.3 m)
Longest span 100 feet (30 m)
History
Designer Vincennes Bridge Company
Construction end 1934
Closed 1994
Cache River Bridge
Nearest city Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′9″N 90°49′28″W / 36.06917°N 90.82444°W / 36.06917; -90.82444Coordinates: 36°4′9″N 90°49′28″W / 36.06917°N 90.82444°W / 36.06917; -90.82444
Area less than one acre
Built 1934
Architect AHTD; Vincennes Bridge Co.
Architectural style Parker pony-truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 90000523[1]
Added to NRHP April 9, 1990

The Cache River Bridge is a Parker pony truss that spans the Cache River between Walnut Ridge and Paragould, Arkansas. It was built in 1934 by the Arkansas State Highway Commission and was designed by the Vincennes Bridge Company. Formerly carrying U.S. Route 412 and earlier Arkansas Highway 25, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and was bypassed by a new bridge in 1995.

Routes

At construction the bridge carried Arkansas Highway 25 over the Cache River in 1934.[2] Highway 25 was replaced by U.S. Route 412 in the area in 1982. The Cache River Bridge was replaced in 1995 with the new four-lane bridge being built adjacent to the north.

Description

Overall, the Cache River Bridge is 375 feet 11.5 inches (114.592 m) in length, and the bridge's main span is 100.0 feet (30.5 m) in length and 24.0 feet (7.3 m) in width.[2] Built at a 45 degree skew, the bridge's only span is rivet-connected and consists of 11 panels.[3] The bridge is an excellent example of the Vincennes Bridge Company's later work, in contrast to the War Eagle Bridge in Northwest Arkansas.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Plan of Proposed Bridges, Walnut Ridge/Paragould Lawrence and Greene Counties, Route 25 Section 8 - Cache River Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1934. pp. 1–7.
  3. ↑ "Cache River Bridge". AHTD. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS Application" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service. p. 15.

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