Lincoln Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad between Baring Cro, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

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TITLE:
Lincoln Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad between Baring Cro, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,60-LIRO,9-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 20 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-6

Building/structure dates: 1928 initial construction

Significance: Designed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and presented to the City of Little Rock as a corporate gesture of goodwill, the Lincoln Avenue Viaduct was the first and only through rainbow arch in the city. As an example of a single-span reinforced concrete bridge of through rainbow arch design it remains today as an example unique in Arkansas. It was built by The Ozark Engineering Company of Joplin, Missouri in 1928 and, though it has lost a balustrade on the west side and has had a second bridge built adjacent to it, the Lincoln Avenue Viaduct is remarkably well preserved.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Pulaski County--Little Rock
concrete arch bridges
transportation
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
Cantrell Road Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ar0064

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LOOKING SOUTHWEST, GENERAL VIEW OF CONCRETE RAINBOW ARCH BRIDGE FROM RAILROAD TRACKS
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM RAILROAD TRACKS, LOOKING NORTHEAST
3. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH
5. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE LOOKING EAST
7. LOOKING NORTHWEST TOWARD NORTHWEST END OF BRIDGE FROM UNDERNEATH, SHOWING CONCRETE SUPPORTS FOR CANTILEVERED WALKWAY (ON RIGHT)

CONTROL #:
AR0064

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