Old River Bridge

United States historic place

Old River Bridge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

HAER photo, 1988

Location in Arkansas

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Location in United States

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Nearest city| Benton, Arkansas
Coordinates| 34°32′27″N 92°36′25″W﻿ / ﻿34.54083°N 92.60694°W﻿ / 34.54083; -92.60694
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1889
NRHP reference No.| 77000277[1]
Added to NRHP| September 15, 1977

The Old River Bridge is a historic bridge spanning the Saline River near Benton in Saline County, Arkansas. Now closed to traffic, it formerly carried River Street in Benton across the river south of the city. It is a two-span through truss bridge, mounted on cylindrical concrete columns. It was built in 1889 along the route of the historic military road through the area, and is one of the state's oldest surviving bridges. It was taken out of service in 1974.[2]

As of April 2020 the bridge has been taken down and will be rebuilt as part of the project to put a multi-use trail from Little Rock to Hot Springs on the path of the old Southwest Trail.[3]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

Bridge as of January, 2012

## 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
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Saline County, Arkansas

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Old River Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
3. ^ "Southwest Trail Takes First Steps From Little Rock to Hot Springs". Arkansas Business. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Old River Bridge (Saline County, Arkansas).

* Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-46, "Old River Bridge, Spanning Saline River at Old Military Road (River Road), Benton, Saline County, AR", 5 photos, 17 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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