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17 data pages
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TITLE:
Winkley Bridge, Spanning Little Red River adjacent to State Highwa, Heber Springs, Cleburne County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,12-HESP,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 16 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Churchill, Harry
Bennett, Lola, historian
Smith, Corinne, historian

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-48

Building/structure dates: 1912 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1989 demolished

Significance: The Winkley Bridge was an excellent example of a streamlined suspension bridge, and one of only two remaining suspension bridges in Arkansas, before its collapse in 1989. For a period of sixty years, the Winkley Bridge served as the only convenient link between the eastern section of Cleburne County and the county seat of Heber Springs.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Cleburne County--Heber Springs
suspension bridges
pedestrian bridges
transportation

OTHER TITLE:
Swinging 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.ar0106

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. GENERAL VIEW OF CABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
2. 3/4 VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST
3. VIEW FROM APPROACH OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
4. VIEW FROM MIDDLE OF SPAN ON ROADBED, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. VIEW FROM MIDDLE OF SPAN ON ROADBED, LOOKING NORTHWEST
6. PARTIAL VIEW OF SPAN FROM STATE HIGHWAY 110 BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. PARTIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, INCLUDING SOUTHEAST PORTAL, FROM STATE HIGHWAY 110 BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM ROADSIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
9. DETAIL VIEW OF WOODEN SUPPORT SYSTEM FROM DECK, LOOKING SOUTH
10. DETAIL VIEW OF CABLE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
11. DETAIL VIEW OF CABLE END AT ANCHOR POINT, LOOKING EAST
12. DETAIL VIEW OF WOODEN SUPPORT SYSTEM AND CABLE FROM ROADBED, LOOKING SOUTH
13. DETAIL VIEW OF CABLE CLAMP, LOOKING NORTH

CONTROL #:
AR0106

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