Cache River Bridge
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| designer = Vincennes Bridge Company
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| design = Parker pony truss
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| name = Cache River Bridge
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| nearest_city = Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
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| built = 1934
| architect = AHTD; Vincennes Bridge Co.
| architecture = Parker pony truss
| added = April 9, 1990
| area = less than one acre
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The Cache River Bridge is a Parker pony truss that spans the Cache River between Walnut Ridge and Paragould, Arkansas. It was built in 1934 by the Arkansas State Highway Commission and was designed by the Vincennes Bridge Company. Formerly carrying U.S. Route 412 and earlier Arkansas Highway 25, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and was bypassed by a new bridge in 1995.
Routes
At construction the bridge carried Arkansas Highway 25 over the Cache River in 1934.{{Cite web |title=Plan of Proposed Bridges, Walnut Ridge/Paragould Lawrence and Greene Counties, Route 25 Section 8 - Cache River Bridge |pages=1–7 |year=1934 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/hbrgweb/State%20Highway%20Bridge%20Plans/(01892)%20Cache%20River%20Bridge.pdf}} Highway 25 was replaced by U.S. Route 412 in the area in 1982. The Cache River Bridge was replaced in 1995 with the new four-lane bridge being built adjacent to the north.
Description
Overall, the Cache River Bridge is {{convert|375|ft|11.5|in|m|1}} in length, and the bridge's main span is {{convert|100|ft|m}} in length and {{convert|24|ft|m}} in width. Built at a 45-degree skew, the bridge's only span is rivet-connected and consists of 11 panels.{{Cite web |title=Cache River Bridge |page=1 |publisher=AHTD |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/HBRGweb//mapwebhot.asp?TT=1&brno='01892'}}{{dead link |date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The bridge is an excellent example of the Vincennes Bridge Company's later work, in contrast to the War Eagle Bridge in Northwest Arkansas.{{Cite web |title=Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS Application |page=15 |publisher=United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service |url={{NRHP url|id=64500021}}}}
See also
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Cache River Bridge (Walnut Ridge, Arkansas)}}
- {{HAER |survey=AR-25 |id=ar0083 |title=Cache River Bridge, Spanning Cache River at U.S. Highway 412, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, AR |photos=7 |data=12 |cap=1}}
- [http://bridgehunter.com/ar/lawrence/cache-412/ Bridgehunter]
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Category:Bridges completed in 1934
Category:Transportation in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Category:Steel bridges in the United States
Category:Parker truss bridges in the United States
Category:1934 establishments in Arkansas
Category:Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
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