Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Photos

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View at twilight

Photo taken Jan. 2006 by Nathan Culpepper

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Under construction

This historic photo was provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department

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West Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2008

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Deck View

Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2008

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Oblique view

Photo taken by AHTD

Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 49 at Helena
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1961; rehabilitated 1991
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 839.6 ft.
Total length: 5,202.7 ft.
Deck width: 27.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +34.49688, -90.58748 (decimal degrees)
34°29'49" N, 90°35'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: AHTD 2899 (Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. bridge number)
BH 10486 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 6,700

Comments

Helena Bridge

Posted April 2, 2008, by bo sansing (rebelbo_28 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

i was born and raised in helena my great uncle frank and my dad help paint the bridge and it was the first bridge on the mississippi that i ever drove across man theres so many memorys here

Helena Bridge

Posted April 2, 2008, by bo sansing (rebelbo_28 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

i was born and raised in helena my great uncle frank and my dad help paint the bridge and it was the first bridge on the mississippi that i ever drove across man theres so many memorys here

Helena Bridge

Posted August 3, 2007, by Helena Native (djohnston1981 [at] suddenlink [dot] net)

This bridge has been hit numerous times. Recently was a couple years ago when a crane on a barge hit it. The AHTD closed the bridge to repair the damage, but did not repair it totally.