Suspension Bridges Crossing Bear Creek

This is a list of all 4 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Bear Creek. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1939: Swinging

Tishomingo State Park, Mississippi, USA - Bear Creek
Bridgemeister ID:850 (added 2003-07-27)
Year Completed:1939
Name:Swinging
Location:Tishomingo State Park, Mississippi, USA
Crossing:Bear Creek
Coordinates:34.605183 N 88.17955 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 57.9 meters (190 feet) estimated

Notes:

  • Likely built by the CCC, this bridge has an interesting zig-zag pattern of suspenders. The suspenders are inclined and are continuous across the bridge like a shoelace with one set of eyelets at deck level and the other set of eyelets along the main cables.
Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

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

(footbridge)

Baldwin vicinity, Iowa, USA - Bear Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1875 (added 2005-09-22)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Baldwin vicinity, Iowa, USA
Crossing:Bear Creek
At or Near Feature:Eden Valley County Refuge
Coordinates:42.04455 N 90.86093 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2007)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 27.4 meters (90 feet)

Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

Bear Creek

Valdez vicinity, Alaska, USA - Bear Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1187 (added 2004-01-24)
Name:Bear Creek
Location:Valdez vicinity, Alaska, USA
Crossing:Bear Creek
Use:Vehicular

Notes:

  • Carried Richardson Highway across Bear Creek circa 1930's and earlier.
  • Alaska Digital Archives identifier UAF-2003-63-179 shows a very similar (or the same) suspension bridge as crossing Sheep Creek on the Valdez Trail but they also note a potential discrepancy with another image in the archive that labels the bridge as carrying the Richardson Highway.


Do you have any information or photos for these bridges that you would like to share? Please email david.denenberg@bridgemeister.com.


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