Race track of Eureka

David Keetz · Post by **David Keetz** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:28 pm

...no wonder i couldnt' find it. I've lived there for years....and i looked all over for that stupid thing several months ago......

i'll be back down there in a week or two and see if i can get some pics

as far as a stagecoach road.......i'm gonna have to give a big no on that one. I really only know of three roads that go directly from eureka to berryville ...one of them is a super duper long dirt road ....no bridge though

bugo · Post by **bugo** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:43 pm

There's a road, CR 306, which used to have two thru-truss bridges on it, built in 1912. They were both replaced in 2000. I'm not positive, but this might be a former route of AR 12 (precursor to US 62/US 412). The old-new Kings River bridge was built in 1931, which means that US 62 might have followed the old road for a short amount of time (US 62 was commissioned in 1930).

There's also a stretch of abandoned highway where the old Kings River bridge was on 62, just to the east of the current bridge.

Speaking of US 412, there's a neat semi-abandoned bridge near Huntsville over War Eagle Creek. You can still drive over it, and some of the railings are missing. Here are some pictures of it:

http://bridges.midwestplaces.com/ar/mad ... gle-creek/

David Keetz · Post by **David Keetz** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:44 pm

bugo wrote:
There's also a stretch of abandoned highway where the old Kings River bridge was on 62, just to the east of the current bridge.

yah...when they built the new one, they had to reroute a couple hundred yards.

ouvgotmel · Post by **ouvgotmel** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:35 pm

Hilltop Speedway

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:40 pm

bugo wrote:There's a road, CR 306, which used to have two thru-truss bridges on it, built in 1912. They were both replaced in 2000. I'm not positive, but this might be a former route of AR 12 (precursor to US 62/US 412). The old-new Kings River bridge was built in 1931, which means that US 62 might have followed the old road for a short amount of time (US 62 was commissioned in 1930).

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those are the ones. when i went over them years ago, they spanned across fields....no water under 'em.

i have old family pictures somewhere. i'll see if i can get them digitized.

bugo · Post by **bugo** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:46 pm

downhil wrote: those are the ones. when i went over them years ago, they spanned across fields....no water under 'em.

i have old family pictures somewhere. i'll see if i can get them digitized.

That would be awesome.

BTW, Maiden rules. I saw them a few years ago at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas, and even got to meet Steve and Janick.

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:50 pm

I just called my dad...

one was the kings river/cr 306 bridge, the other wasn't named, but it was over the dry osage creek bed.

they creaked and moaned like crazy when you drove over them and my dad would scare the shit out of us by stopping in the middle.

have they actually been torn down, or just replaced by something new?

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:51 pm

and yes,

maiden rules!

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:56 pm

[quote="David Keetz
as far as a stagecoach road.......i'm gonna have to give a big no on that one. I really only know of three roads that go directly from eureka to berryville ...one of them is a super duper long dirt road ....no bridge though[/quote]

thats the second time you've doubted me!

i don't make this crazy stuff up about eureka....

David Keetz · Post by **David Keetz** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:02 pm

yah..well

i said that because i've driven those roads zillions of times. Many a cruise has taken place down those roads.....sorry i doubted your bridge though...

i'm still pretty sure that they're not there anymore. i could be wrong...
There's a cool wooden bridge in beaver though

*edit*...............OHHHH DUDE.........i know what you're talking about now...yah...there was this old freaking wooden bridge taht went over the kings river on a road that was out behind the airport between berryville and eureka.........yahhh.....that bridge collapsed.....as a matter of fact...some guy was driving across it on his truck and it fell down..he was ok but no more wooden bridge. .

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:41 am

holy shit!

i always thought that's what would happen to us when my dad drove us across.

the beaver bridge is neat....but its not fun since its properly maintained!

ouvgotmel · Post by **ouvgotmel** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:47 am

http://bridges.midwestplaces.com/ar/carroll/
The briges are gone

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:52 am

good find.
oh well. i'll see if i can track down some pictures.

back to the topic at hand.....any recent trips to the track? or pics?

ouvgotmel · Post by **ouvgotmel** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:04 am

Beaver bridge is cool if you have never driven across a bridge that moves.

downhil · Post by **downhil** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:25 am

been on it many times. i lived in eureka for 14 years.

speaking of beaver town, i remember a cub scout trip or something where we followed the path of the old railroad. if your on the beaver town side of the bridge looking out towards the bridge (like your picture) i think it headed off towards your right, parallel with the water. nothing really much to see though.

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