Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Spavinaw Creek Railroad Bridge

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The caption says "Bridge over the Spavinau River, Gravette, Ark."

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Overview: Lost Waddell "A" through truss bridge over Spavinaw Creek on the KCS Railroad near Gravette
Location: Benton County, Arkansas
Status: No longer exists
Design: Waddell "A" through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.38546, -94.47535 (decimal degrees)
36°23'08" N, 94°28'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/367675/4027713 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Gravette
Inventory number: BH 10227 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Spavinaw Creek Railroad Bridge

Posted September 14, 2008, by Charles L. Weston (sanantonioriverman [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Here is a picture that shows two of this type of bridge on the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad (Gulf Coast Lines, Missouri Pacific):