Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge

Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
Location Ruby Road (formerly AR 57), now closed, over Union Pacific RR., Stephens, Arkansas
Coordinates 33°24′46″N 93°4′10″W / 33.41278°N 93.06944°W / 33.41278; -93.06944Coordinates: 33°24′46″N 93°4′10″W / 33.41278°N 93.06944°W / 33.41278; -93.06944
Area less than one acre
Built 1928 (1928)
Architectural style Parker pony truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 05001078[1]
Added to NRHP September 28, 2005

The Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge is a Warren pony truss bridge in Stephens, Arkansas. It carries an old alignment of Arkansas Highway 57 over a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad near the city center. The bridge is now closed to traffic; the road on which it is located is now called Ruby Street. The bridge is distinctive in Arkansas for two reasons: first, it was the last bridge of its type on a state highway, and it has a pedestrian sidewalk on the outside of the trusses. It is unknown who built the trusses; the bridge was built in 1928.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Summary description of Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-26.


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