Summary
The Little Missouri River Bridge, also known as the Nachitoch Bluff Bridge, is a historic bridge between rural southern Clark County, Arkansas and Nevada County, Arkansas. Now closed to traffic, it once carried County Road 179 (apparently now numbered CR 479) over the Little Missouri River. Believed to be built in 1910, it is the only known Camelback Pratt truss bridge in the state. Its main span measures 185 feet (56 m), with a secondary Pratt truss span measuring 110 feet (34 m) in length, and there are I-beam-supported approaches on either side, giving the bridge a total length of 315 feet (96 m). The bridge is located on the historic route of the Natchitoches Trace, an early colonial French-Spanish trail through the area.[2]
Little Missouri River Bridge | |
 View of the secondary Pratt truss, 1988 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Prescott, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33°54′12″N 93°18′34″W / 33.90333°N 93.30944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architectural style | Camelback Pratt |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000536[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1990 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Little Missouri River Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
External links edit
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-44, "Little Missouri River Bridge, Spanning Little Missouri River at CR 179, Okolona, Clark County, AR", 7 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page