Maple Street Overpass - 1936 - Fayetteville AR - Bridge Date Stones and Plaques on Waymarking.com

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

- Text above from (visit link)

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 1936 Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: This bridge crosses over the Arkansas & Missouri (formerly Frisco) Railroad Website (if available): [Web Link] Parking (safe parking location): Not Listed Date stone, plaque location.: Not listed

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