Maple Street Overpass - Fayetteville AR
N 36° 04.205 W 094° 10.020
15S E 394911 N 3992351
Constructed in 1936 to replace a timber bridge at this site, Maple Street Overpass was built through the cooperative efforts of private, federal, state and local agencies.
Waymark Code: WMDJBV
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2012
Views: 1
Maple Street Overpass is a single-span, reinforced concrete, open-spandrel deck arch bridge on reinforced concrete abutments. The bridge is 82'-6" long and 42'-10" wide overall, with a clear span of 69'-0" and a roadway width of 30'-0". There is a raised 6'-5" wide sidewalk on each side of the roadway. The bridge is skewed at an angle of roughly 30 degrees, resulting in an offset of 10'-3". The segmental arch springs from abutments on natural rock ledge and rises 11'-0" to the crown. Track clearance is 30'-0". The arch has two 6'-0" wide ribs, tapered in thickness from 4'-0" at the spring line to 2'-0" at the crown. The spandrel columns measure 11" x 6'-0" and range in height from 3'-0" high near the crown to 7'-0" high near the ends of the span. They are spaced 10'-3" apart. The reinforced
concrete deck is 2'-9" thick and covered with an asphalt wearing surface.
There are 3'-0" high concrete railings on both sides of the bridge. They feature Art Deco motifs and are curved outward along the approaches. Lighting units are installed in concrete posts near
the ends of the railings at each corner of the bridge. A builder’s plate in the parapet wall at the southwest corner of the bridge reads as follows:
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RY.
FRED. LUTTJOHANN CONTRACTOR.
ARKANSAS
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISION
AND THE
UNITED STATES
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS
1936
Street address:
Maple Street, Downtown Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR USA
72701
County / Borough / Parish: Washington County
Year listed: 1995
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Transportation
Current function: Transportation
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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