This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.

1941: Haggard Ford

Harrison vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Bear Creek
Bridgemeister ID:199 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1941
Name:Haggard Ford
Location:Harrison vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Bear Creek
Coordinates:36.3458 N 93.1305 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:WPA, Jess Chaney
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Restricted to foot traffic (last checked: 2007)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 48.8 meters (160 feet)

Notes:

  • Located about eight miles north of Harrison. According to plaque at bridge, restored 1977.
  • Gene McCluney writes: "I visited this bridge [in the Summer of 2007] and talked to an adjacent landowner a couple weeks ago. It seems this bridge was closed in 1962 due to instability in one of the piers, and the crossing reverted to a ford or low water crossing until about four years ago when the new vehicular bridge was built. So, there was a suspension bridge in-use there for 20 years, then 40 years of "low water" type crossing, then just recently a new vehicle bridge."
  • Similar to (suspension bridge) - Leslie vicinity, Arkansas, USA.

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Photo by David Denenberg

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