White River Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 70, De Valls Bluff, Prairie County, AR

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TITLE:
White River Bridge, Spanning White River at U.S. Highway 70, De Valls Bluff, Prairie County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,59-DEVBLU,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (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-21

Building/structure dates: 1924 initial construction

Significance: The vertical lift bridge at DeValls Bluff over the White River is one of only two such bridges in the state. It was designed in 1923 by the Missouri firm of Consultant Engineers, Harrington Howard and Ash, for the White River Bridge Company of Little Rock. Built by one of the more important bridge building companies, the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company, in 1924, it remains today as a tribute to its prime motivator Harry E. Bovay, an entrepreneur from Stuttgart, Prairie County.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Prairie County--De Valls Bluff
vertical lift bridges
transportation
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
De Valls Bluff 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.ar0079

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF PRATT VERTICAL LIFT TRUSS BRIDGE FROM APPROACH, LOOKING WEST
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
3. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST
4. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM ADJACENT RAILROAD BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
5. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE, LIFT SPAN IN RAISED POSITION, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. VIEW OF UNDERNEATH OF LIFT SPAN AND PIER FROM FIXED SPAN, LOOKING WEST
8. VIEW OF TRUSS, COUNTERWEIGHT, AND ROAD DECK FROM FIXED SPAN, LOOKING EAST
9. VIEW SHOWING TRUSSES FROM DECK WITH 4' RANGE POLE AT SECOND VERTICAL POST ON SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING WEST
10. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM DECK, LOOKING WEST
11. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE DATEPLATE WHICH READS 'WHITE RIVER, PETERSON & EARNHART, CONTRACTOR, ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, DWIGHT H. BLACKWOOD, CHAIRMAN, C.S. CHRISTIAN, ENGINEER, 1931'

CONTROL #:
AR0079

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