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Phil: New page: The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' was completed in 1873. ==References== ==External links== Category:Bridges Category:Transportation

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New page: The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' was completed in 1873. ==References== ==External links== Category:Bridges Category:Transportation

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The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' was completed in 1873.

==References==

==External links==

[[Category:Bridges]]
[[Category:Transportation]]

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 [[Image:Baring-cross-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Baring Cross Bridge. Detail from postcard.]]
-The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' spanning [[Arkansas River]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened on December 21, 1873, to carry traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].
+The '''Baring Cross Bridge''', the first to span the [[Arkansas River]], opened at [[Little Rock]] on December 21, 1873. The bridge carried traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].
-The bridge was to have been originally constructed under president Thomas Allen of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company, which named the proposed structure after the British banking firm of Baring and Company and a cross which appeared on Allen's family coat of arms.
+The Baring Cross Bridge was to have been originally constructed under president Thomas Allen of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company, who named the proposed structure after the British banking firm of "Baring and Company" and a cross which appeared on Allen's family coat of arms.
 Faced with a shortage of cash, principals formed a independent [[Baring Cross Bridge Company]] and contracted with the American Bridge Company to make the 978-foot bridge a reality. The original bridge consisted of four Howe Truss spans. A second deck highway was added in 1877, but in 1886 the highway was reduced to the same level as the railway, running parallel to it.

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	The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' spanning [[Arkansas River]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened on December 21, 1873, to carry traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].		The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' spanning [[Arkansas River]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened on December 21, 1873, to carry traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].

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 Faced with a shortage of cash, principals formed a independent [[Baring Cross Bridge Company]] and contracted with the American Bridge Company to make the 978-foot bridge a reality. The original bridge consisted of four Howe Truss spans. A second deck highway was added in 1877, but in 1886 the highway was reduced to the same level as the railway, running parallel to it.
-The original bridge washed away in the [[Great Flood of 1927]]. The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad Company]] tried to save the bridge by parking coal cars on the structure, but these efforts failed on April 21. A new bridge opened under the same name on February 2, 1929. The Missouri Pacific Railroad added a lift span to the bridge in 1967 to conform with requirements of the new [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]].
+The original bridge washed away in the [[Great Flood of 1927]]. The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] tried to save the bridge by parking coal cars on the structure, but these efforts failed on April 21. A new bridge opened under the same name on February 2, 1929. The Missouri Pacific Railroad added a lift span to the bridge in 1967 to conform with requirements of the new [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]].
 The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] took over ownership of the bridge in 1997.

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 Faced with a shortage of cash, principals formed a independent [[Baring Cross Bridge Company]] and contracted with the American Bridge Company to make the 978-foot bridge a reality. The original bridge consisted of four Howe Truss spans. A second deck highway was added in 1877, but in 1886 the highway was reduced to the same level as the railway, running parallel to it.
-The original bridge washed away in the Arkansas River [[Flood of 1927]]. The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad Company]] tried to save the bridge by parking coal cars on the structure, but these efforts failed on April 21. A new bridge opened under the same name on February 2, 1929. The Missouri Pacific Railroad added a lift span to the bridge in 1967 to conform with requirements of the new [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]].
+The original bridge washed away in the [[Great Flood of 1927]]. The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad Company]] tried to save the bridge by parking coal cars on the structure, but these efforts failed on April 21. A new bridge opened under the same name on February 2, 1929. The Missouri Pacific Railroad added a lift span to the bridge in 1967 to conform with requirements of the new [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]].
 The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] took over ownership of the bridge in 1997.

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 The original bridge washed away in the Arkansas River [[Flood of 1927]]. The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad Company]] tried to save the bridge by parking coal cars on the structure, but these efforts failed on April 21. A new bridge opened under the same name on February 2, 1929. The Missouri Pacific Railroad added a lift span to the bridge in 1967 to conform with requirements of the new [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]].
-The Union Pacific took over ownership of the bridge in 1997.
+The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] took over ownership of the bridge in 1997.
 ==References==

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		+	[[Image:Baring-cross-postcard.jpg\|thumb\|Baring Cross Bridge. Detail from postcard.]]
	The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' spanning [[Arkansas River]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened on December 21, 1873, to carry traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].		The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' spanning [[Arkansas River]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened on December 21, 1873, to carry traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].

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-The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' was completed in 1873.
+The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' spanning [[Arkansas River]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, opened on December 21, 1873, to carry traffic on the [[St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway]].
-The St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway ran from St. Louis, Missouri, through Little Rock, and down to Texarkana, Arkansas. The railway was created by an act of the legislature of the State of Missouri on March 3, 1851. Groundbreaking on the railway took place in October 1853. The line's first locomotive to reach North Little Rock arrived on February 7, 1873. On December 21, 1873, the railway company completed the Baring Cross Bridge across the Arkansas River.
+Faced with a shortage of cash, principals formed a independent [[Baring Cross Bridge Company]] and contracted with the American Bridge Company to make the 978-foot bridge a reality. The original bridge consisted of four Howe Truss spans. A second deck highway was added in 1877, but in 1886 the highway was reduced to the same level as the railway, running parallel to it.
-The line became part of the Missouri Pacific Railway on May 12, 1917.
+The original bridge washed away in the Arkansas River [[Flood of 1927]]. The [[Missouri Pacific Railroad Company]] tried to save the bridge by parking coal cars on the structure, but these efforts failed on April 21. A new bridge opened under the same name on February 2, 1929. The Missouri Pacific Railroad added a lift span to the bridge in 1967 to conform with requirements of the new [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]].
 ==References==
 ==External links==
 [[Category:Bridges]]
 [[Category:Transportation]]

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	The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' was completed in 1873.		The '''Baring Cross Bridge''' was completed in 1873.
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		+	The St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway ran from St. Louis, Missouri, through Little Rock, and down to Texarkana, Arkansas. The railway was created by an act of the legislature of the State of Missouri on March 3, 1851. Groundbreaking on the railway took place in October 1853. The line's first locomotive to reach North Little Rock arrived on February 7, 1873. On December 21, 1873, the railway company completed the Baring Cross Bridge across the Arkansas River.
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		+	The line became part of the Missouri Pacific Railway on May 12, 1917.

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