Eight Mile Creek Bridge, Spanning Eight Mile Creek at U.S. Highway 49, Paragould, Greene County, AR

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TITLE:
Eight Mile Creek Bridge, Spanning Eight Mile Creek at U.S. Highway 49, Paragould, Greene County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,28-PAGO,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-17

Building/structure dates: 1929 initial construction

Significance: The Eight Mile Creek Bridge is an excellent example of a single-span pony Pratt steel truss bridge that historically was a very common bridge type in Arkansas. This bridge was constructed as part of a larger bridge improvement project that included sixteen bridges on the Paragould-Corning Road in Greene County from the Paragould city limits to the Clay County boundary, thirteen miles north. It clearly demonstrates the advancements made in steel truss design and engineering by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department through the 1920s.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Greene County--Paragould
transportation
bridge construction
steel 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.ar0075

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING EAST ELEVATION.
2. 3/4 VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION (SCALE ROD IS MEASURED IN FEET).
3. 3/4 VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION.
4. VIEW, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION AND WALKWAY.
5. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING SOUTH ELEVATION APPROACH SPAN.
6. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING PIER.
7. 3/4 DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING U1 CONNECTION ON NORTH END OF WEST TRUSS.
8. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING U1 CONNECTION ON NORTH END OF WEST TRUSS.
9. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING BEARING BLOCK AT NORTH END OF THE EAST TRUSS.
10. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE ON EAST SIDE OF SOUTH APPROACH WHICH STATES 'EIGHT MILE CREEK; MILLERS GARAGE & CONT. CO.; CONTRACTOR.; ARKANSAS; STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.; DWIGHT H. BLACKWOOD, CHAIRMAN.; C.S. CHRISTIAN, ENGINEER.; 1929.; BRIDGE NO.__'

CONTROL #:
AR0075

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