Second Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad lines, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

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TITLE:
Second Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad lines, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,60-LIRO,10-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-41

Building/structure dates: 1915 initial construction

Significance: Almost certainly designed by the bridge engineers of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the bridge over their lines at Second Street is one of the most important small bridges in the state. Its pony arch construction is unique in Arkansas, and its early date, 1915, precedes the period when such through arch concrete structures became comparatively popular.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Pulaski County--Little Rock
concrete arch bridges
transportation
railroad industry

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.ar0099

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. LOOKING WEST, GENERAL VIEW SHOWING CONCRETE RAINBOW ARCH BRIDGE AND APPROACH
2. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM APPROACH, LOOKING WEST
3. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
4. 3/4 VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
5. ELEVATION VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
6. VIEW OF BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING CONCRETE RAILING
7. DETAIL VIEW OF CONCRETE VERTICAL POST SHOWING EXPOSED STEEL BEAM REINFORCING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
9. DETAIL VIEW OF BUILDER'S PLATE WHICH READS 'FOX CONSTRUCTION CO., EL RENO, OKLA., 1915'
10. LOOKING NORTHEAST, VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM RAILROAD TRACKS
11. VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM RAILROAD TRACKS WITH TRAIN DEPOT IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST

CONTROL #:
AR0099

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