Springfield Bridge

	Springfield Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The bridge prior to its 2017 move
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	Beaverfork Lake Park, Conway, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°8′30″N 92°27′13″W / 35.14167°N 92.45361°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1871
Built by	Zenas King; King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company
Architectural style	Tubular bowstring truss
NRHP reference No.	88000660
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1988

The Springfield Bridge is a historic bowstring truss bridge, located in Beaverfork Lake Park in Conway, Arkansas, USA. It originally spanned Cadron Creek in rural Faulkner County east of Springfield. It is 188 feet (57 m) long, set on stone abutments, with tubular metal top chords that rise 15 feet (4.6 m) above the bottom chords. Built circa 1871–74, it is the oldest documented highway bridge in the state and its only documented bowstring arch bridge.^[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1] In 2015, the Faulkner County Historical Society began a drive to relocate the bridge as part of a local trail network. The bridge has suffered from neglect due to its remote location as well as damage by fire and vandalism. The bridge was moved to its present location in 2017.

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Springfield Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-22.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-32, "Springfield-Des Arc Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Cadron Creek at Old Springfield-Des Arc Road (County Road 222), Springfield, Conway County, AR", 12 photos, 3 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Springfield Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-22.

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