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 9 b&w photos |  23 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Illinois River Bridge, Spanning Illinois River at Benton County Road 3, Siloam Springs, Benton County, AR
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,4-SISP,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 9 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 22 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Luten Bridge Company
Steen, Kathryn, historian
Smith, Corinne, historian
NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-28
Building/structure dates: 1922 initial construction
Significance: Completed in 1922, the Illinois River Bridge was designed by Daniel B. Luten, the owner of more than fifty patents on reinforced concrete arch bridges. This intact, 130-foot, two-span concrete bridge in northwest Arkansas is one of state's best examples of an early twentieth century reinforced concrete arch bridge.
SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Benton County--Siloam Springs
concrete arch bridges
transportation
bridge construction
OTHER TITLE:
Midway 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.ar0086
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF CONCRETE DECK ARCH BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
3. ELEVATION VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF ARCHES FROM DOWNSTREAM, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. VIEW FROM UPSTREAM SHOWING TRIANGULAR-SHAPED PIER, LOOKING NORTHEAST
6. LOOKING SOUTHWEST, VIEW FROM BRIDGE DECK
7. LOOKING SOUTHWEST, VIEW FROM ROADBED WITH 4' RANGE POLE AT NORTHWEST SIDE OF BRIDGE RAILING
8. DETAIL VIEW OF BUILDER'S PLATE ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF BRIDGE AT CENTER OF SPAN OVER CENTER PIER WHICH READS 'DESIGNED AND BUILT BY LUTEN BRIDGE CO., KNOXVILLE, TENN., 1922'
9. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE PLATE ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BRIDGE AT CENTER OF SPAN OVER CENTER PIER WHICH READS 'BRIDGE COMMISSION, JOE BEASLEY, COUNTY JUDGE, LON WILLIAMS, J.R. GAMBLE'
CONTROL #:
AR0086
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