Harp Creek Bridge, Spans Harp Creek at State Highway 7, Harrison vicinity, Newton County, AR

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TITLE:
Harp Creek Bridge, Spans Harp Creek at State Highway 7, Harrison vicinity, Newton County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,51-HAR.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-9

Building/structure dates: 1928 initial construction

Significance: Erected as one of two bridges in a Newton County road project, Harp Creek Bridge is on of the more architectural of the small Highway Department bridges. It was built in 1928 by the Little Rock branch of the Luten Bridge Company, named after its renowned founder Daniel B. Luten, which specialized in reinforced concrete arch bridges. Harp Creek remains today as one of only ten unaltered open spandrel deck arches in Arkansas.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Newton County--Harrison vicinity
concrete arch 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.ar0067

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LOOKING NORTH, GENERAL VIEW OF CONCRETE OPEN SPANDREL ARCH BRIDGE FROM ROADBED
2. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE WITH 4' RANGE POLE AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
3. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. ELEVATION VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
5. ELEVATION VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. VIEW FROM UNDERNEATH BRIDGE SHOWING CONCRETE DECK SUPPORT, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
7. DETAIL VIEW OF ORNAMENTAL CONCRETE WORK, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. DETAIL VIEW OF DATEPLATE WHICH READS 'HARP CREEK, LUTEN BRIDGE CO., CONTRACTOR, ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, 1928'

CONTROL #:
AR0067

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