Osage Creek Bridge

Osage Creek Bridge
HABS photo, 1988
Location 4 1/2 mi. N of Tontitown, Tontitown, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°14′26″N 94°15′12″W / 36.24056°N 94.25333°W / 36.24056; -94.25333Coordinates: 36°14′26″N 94°15′12″W / 36.24056°N 94.25333°W / 36.24056; -94.25333
Area less than one acre
Built 1911 (1911)
Architectural style Pratt through truss
MPS Benton County MRA
NRHP reference # 87002418[1]
Added to NRHP January 28, 1988

The Osage Creek Bridge is a historic bridge in southern Benton County, Arkansas. The bridge formerly carried County Road 71 (Colonel Myers Road) across Osage Creek, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Tontitown, but it has been closed. It is a single-span iron Pratt through truss structure, with a span of 124 feet (38 m), resting on concrete abutments. It has a lattice guardrail on one side, a feature that rarely survives on bridges of this type. The bridge was built in 1911 by an unknown builder, and is one of about 60 Pratt truss bridges in the state.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

According to Bridgehunter.com, it was moved to facilitate a new bridge over Osage Creek in 2014 and scrapped in 2015.[3]

See also

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 Osage Creek Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  3. ↑ "Osage Creek Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.