Black River Bridge, Spanning Black River at U.S. Highway 67, Pocahontas, Randolph County, AR

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TITLE:
Black River Bridge, Spanning Black River at U.S. Highway 67, Pocahontas, Randolph County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,61-POCA,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 23 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-8

Building/structure dates: 1934 initial construction

Significance: Erected in 1934, after extensive administrative complication, by the PIttsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company, the Black River Bridge at Pocahontas is significant as a swing bridge, one of three in the state. Similar in design to the bridge over the St. Francis River at Madison, both having been designed to allow the passage of river traffic, the bridge at Pocahontas differs from the Madison Bridge largely in the details of its trusses.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Randolph County--Pocahontas
swing bridges
transportation
bridge construction

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.ar0066

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF WARREN SWING TRUSS BRIDGE FROM APPROACH, LOOKING NORTHWEST
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
3. THREE-QUARTER VIEW SHOWING CENTER TURN SPAN AND SOUTHEASTERNMOST SPAN FROM BANK, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
4. LOOKING NORTHEAST SHOWING BLACK RIVER BRIDGE BEHIND ADJACENT CONCRETE GIRDER BRIDGE IN FOREGROUND
5. LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM CONCRETE GIRDER BRIDGE SHOWING NORTHWEST PORTAL OF CENTER SPAN

CONTROL #:
AR0066

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