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TITLE:
Spavinaw Creek Bridge, Spans Spavinaw Creek at Benton County Road 29, Gravette vicinity, Benton County, AR
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,4-GRAV.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 12 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Illinois Steel Bridge Company
Steen, Kathryn, historian
Smith, Corinne, historian
NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-29
Building/structure dates: 1909 initial construction
Significance: Though bedstead trusses were widespread near the turn of the century, the Spavinaw Creek Bridge is now unique as the only surviving example of a bedstead truss in Arkansas. Built in 1909, this seventy-foot span was a focal point in a local dispute over the location of the proposed bridge.
SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Benton County--Gravette vicinity
transportation
bridge construction
metal truss bridges
OTHER TITLE:
Gravette-Decatur 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.ar0087
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF TRUSS LEG BEDSTEAD BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE SHOWING TRUSSES, LOOKING SOUTH
3. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTH
4. LOOKING NORTH, GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE WITH 4' RANGE POLE AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BRIDGE
5. THREE-QUARTER VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
6. ELEVATION VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST
7. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
8. LOOKING SOUTH, VIEW OF DECK SUPPORT SYSTEM OF BRIDGE
9. DETAIL VIEW OF BOTTOM CHORD CONNECTION
10. LOOKING SOUTHEAST, DETAIL VIEW OF NORTH END OF BRIDGE AND DECK
CONTROL #:
AR0087
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