Maple Street Overpass

Maple Street Overpass
Location Maple St. over the Frisco RR tracks, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′12″N 94°10′0″W / 36.07000°N 94.16667°W / 36.07000; -94.16667Coordinates: 36°4′12″N 94°10′0″W / 36.07000°N 94.16667°W / 36.07000; -94.16667
Area less than one acre
Built 1936 (1936)
Architectural style Open Masonry
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 95000654[1]
Added to NRHP May 26, 1995

The Maple Street Overpass is a historic bridge in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The bridge carries West Maple Street over the railroad tracks running just east of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville campus. It is a reinforced concrete single-span arch, 60 feet (18 m) in length and 25 feet (7.6 m) in width. The bridge has a decorative Art Deco balustrade with inset lights on both sides. The bridge was designed by Frederick Lutt Johann, a regionally noted bridge designer, and built in 1936.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[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. "NRHP nomination for Maple Street Overpass" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-03-21.


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