The St. Louis-San Francisco Overpass is a
pony
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and
deck truss bridge built in 1937 located in
Imboden,
Lawrence County,
Arkansas
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. It carries
U.S. Route 62 and
Arkansas Highway 115
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over the
Spring River and the former
St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad
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("Frisco", now
BNSF) for .
The bridge has three Pratt deck trusses, each in length, and three Parker pony trusses, also long, with the balance of the bridge length in steel girder truss spans. The bridge is wide.
The bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1990.
The bridge is currently open to two-lane traffic. It has a separate pedestrian sidewalk.
See also
*
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
*
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence County, Arkansas
References
External links
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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Transportation in Lawrence County, Arkansas
U.S. Route 62
Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
Steel bridges in the United States
Parker truss bridges in the United States
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