Summary
The Mulberry River Bridge, also known as the Silver Bridge and the Wire Ford Bridge,[2] is a historic Pratt through truss bridge northeast of Pleasant Hill, Arkansas, now a neighborhood of the city of Mulberry. The bridge (which is closed for renovations) normally carries Wire Road/Center Point Road across the Mulberry River. The bridge has three spans, set on metal caissons filled with concrete, and has a total length of 342 feet (104 m). Each span measures 105 feet (32 m), and has a deck width of 12 feet (3.7 m) and a vertical clearance of 13 feet (4.0 m).[3] In 1927 it was rebuilt when two of the three spans were washed out by the Mulberry River.[2] The bridge is the last known multi-span Pratt through truss bridge in the state.[3]
Mulberry River Bridge | |
 Mulberry Bridge under rehabilitation, August 2011 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Pleasant Hill, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°31′50″N 94°2′27″W / 35.53056°N 94.04083°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912/1929 |
| Architect | Lakeside Bridge and Steel Company |
| Architectural style | Pratt through truss |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001272[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 24, 2007 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
See also edit
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Mulberry River Bridge (Turner's Bend, Arkansas), also NRHP-listed
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Silver Bridge".
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Mulberry River Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
External links edit
Media related to Wire Ford Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-71, "Wire Ford Bridge, Spanning Big Mulberry Creek at Wire Road (CR 67), Pleasant Hill, Crawford County, AR", 14 photos, 2 color transparencies, 7 data pages, 3 photo caption pages