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7 b&w photos
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7 data pages
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TITLE:
Beaver Bridge, Spanning White River at State Highway No. 187, Beaver, Carroll County, AR

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ARK,8-BEAV,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 6 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Arkansas State Highway Commission
Pioneer Construction Company
Beaver, Wilson A.
Swanda, Michael, historian
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Departme, sponsor
Behrens, Thomas, project leader

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AR-53

Building/structure dates: 1915 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1980 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1947 initial construction

Significance: The Beaver Bridge is one of two suspension bridges surviving in Arkansas. It is the only suspension bridge currently being used for vehicular traffic.

SUBJECTS:
ARKANSAS--Carroll County--Beaver
suspension bridges
transportation
bridge construction

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.ar0111

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING EAST ELEVATION AND SETTING
2. 3/4 VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION
3. 3/4 VIEW, LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION
4. VIEW, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING WEST ELEVATION
5. 3/4 VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, SHOWING EAST ELEVATION (SCALE ROD IS MEASURED IN FEET)
6. VIEW, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING EAST ELEVATION
7. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING SOUTH ELEVATION AND APPROACH

CONTROL #:
AR0111

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