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6 data pages
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TITLE:
Little Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Little Missouri River at CR 179, Okolona, Clark County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,10-OLRO.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Morava Construction Company
Boggs, John I.
Swanda, Michael, historian
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Departme, sponsor
Behrens, Thomas, project leader

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-44

Building/structure dates: 1907 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1980 subsequent work

Address changed from Old Rome vicinity, Clark County, Arkansas.

Significance: The Little Missouri River Bridge is the last remaining Camelback through truss steel bridge in Arkansas. A recent inventory of the historic bridges in the state conducted by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department showed that out of the 241 steel truss bridges remaining in use today, this bridge is the last of its type.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Clark County--Okolona
bridges
through trusses
transportation

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.ar0102

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. SIDE VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH, SHOWING A PART OF THE MAIN CAMELBACK SPAN
2. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING THE SOUTH ELEVATION AND APPROACH SPAN (TRIPOD EXTENSION IS SEEN IN BOTTOM OF PHOTOGRAPH)
3. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, SHOWING THE U1 CONNECTION OF THE MAIN SPAN, EAST ELEVATION
4. DETAIL VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING BEARING BLOCK AND CONCRETE FILLED CYLINDRICAL STEEL RING PIER, WEST TRUSS OF MAIN SPAN AT SOUTH END
5. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING FLOOR BEAM-STRINGER SYSTEM OF APPROACH SPAN AND CENTRAL PIERS
6. VIEW, LOOKING NORTHWEST, SHOWING EAST ELEVATION OF PRATT APPROACH SPAN
7. VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING NORTH ELEVATION

CONTROL #:
AR0102

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