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3 data pages
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TITLE:
Cypress Creek Bridge, Spanning Cypress Creek at County Road 64, Perry vicinity, Perry County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,53-PER.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 5   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Swanda, Michael, historian

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-33

Building/structure dates: 1915 initial construction

Significance: The Cypress Bridge is a rare Arkansas example of a skewed through Pratt steel bridge. It is an excellent example of its type and reflects the necessary design changes required to construct a steel bridge in this kind of demanding topographic setting.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Perry County--Perry vicinity
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.ar0091

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION AND SETTING
2. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING NORTH ELEVATION
3. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING THE U1 CONNECTION ON THE EAST TRUSS
4. 3/4 VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION AND SETTING (SCALE ROD IS MEASURED IN FEET)
5. VIEW, SOUTH ELEVATION, LOOKING NORTH

CONTROL #:
AR0091

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