UP/SP/SSW(Cotton Belt) Rob Roy Swing and Lift Bridge over Arkansas River near Pine Bluff, AR

(Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Photo by David Miles via BridgeHunter
New vertical lift span

Photo by David Miles via BridgeHunter
Old swing span

Photo by Fredrick Garcia via BridgeHunter

Redeker Rail Video & Photography almost caught the Big Boy on this bridge and posted this photo.

Dennis DeBruler: This makes it very evident that this bridge has both swing and lift spans.

[By almost, he explains that traffic was so heavy that he was about 5 minutes away from his desired launch point. So he launched from a distance. This is a nice complement to the usual bridge photos. I could tell right away that it had both a lift and a swing span. That is unusual because normally the navigation channel is narrow enough that they have to replace the swing span. The only other ones that I have seen that have both types of movable spans is a railroad bridge over the Atchafalaya River in Morgan City, LA and a railroad bridge over the Columbia River near Kennewick, WA.]

Big Boy put this bridge on the Internet.

Blaine Bryant posted
BIG BOY crossing the Arkansas River
J.B. Rail Photog shared