Augusta Bridge, Spanning White River at Highway 64, Augusta, Woodruff County, AR

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TITLE:
Augusta Bridge, Spanning White River at Highway 64, Augusta, Woodruff County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,74-AUG,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 25 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-13

Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction

Significance: Built in 1929-1930, the Augusta bridge provided an important link in a major highway. The double-cantilevered span shares its design and designer with similar bridges at Newport and Clarendon, Arkansas. Spanning 400 feet with a price greater than half a million dollars when it was finished, the bridge's construction was begun only after years of legal delays were resolved.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Woodruff County--Augusta
transportation
bridge construction
metal truss bridges

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.ar0071

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LOOKING SOUTHEAST, GENERAL VIEW OF DOUBLE ARCH CANTILEVER BRIDGE
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE SHOWING APPROACH SPANS AT WEST END OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
3. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH
4. VIEW OF WESTERNMOST ARCH TRUSS SPAN FROM RIVER BANK, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
5. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM UNDERNEATH SHOWING EASTERNMOST PIER AND APPROACH SUPPORT, LOOKING NORTHWEST
6. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE DATEPLATE WHICH READS '1930, WHITE RIVER BRIDGE, ARKANSAS HIGHWAY COMMISSION, DWIGHT BLACKWOOD, CHAIRMAN, JUSTIN MATTHEWS, J. LAN WILLIAMS, J.S. PARKS, SAM J. WILSON, COMMISSIONERS, C.S. CHRISTIAN, STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER, IRA HEDRICK, INC., CONSULTING ENGINEERS, PARHAM CONT. CO., CONTRACTOR'

CONTROL #:
AR0071

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