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Coordinates: 34°41′22″N 91°19′1″W / 34.68944°N 91.31694°W / 34.68944; -91.31694
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Highway 79 Bridge
Highway 79 Bridge is located in Arkansas
Highway 79 Bridge
Location in Arkansas
Highway 79 Bridge is located in the United States
Highway 79 Bridge
Location in United States
Location US 79 and White River, Clarendon, Arkansas
Coordinates34°41′22″N 91°19′1″W / 34.68944°N 91.31694°W / 34.68944; -91.31694
Arealess than one acre
Built1930 (1930)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleWarren Truss
DemolishedNovember 2019 (November 2019)
MPSClarendon MRA
NRHP reference No.84000190[1] (original)
15000629 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1984
Boundary increaseSeptember 28, 2015
Removed from NRHPSeptember 8, 2020

The Highway 79 Bridge was a historic bridge in Clarendon, Arkansas. It was a tall two-span Warren truss bridge, formerly carrying two-lane U.S. Route 79 (US 79), a major arterial highway in the region, across the White River just west of the city's downtown. The steel truss had a total length of 720 feet (220 m), set on four concrete piers. The outer pairs of piers were 160 feet (49 m) apart, and the middle pair were 400 feet (120 m) apart. The approaches were concrete, set on concrete pilings, with the western approach continuing for some 3 miles (4.8 km) across secondary water bodies. The bridge was built in 1930-31 by the Austin Bridge Company.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984,[1] and was closed in August 2016 when a replacement bridge to the south opened.[3] Since its closing, the 1931 bridge has been subject to local restoration efforts as a bike and pedestrian path.[4] The steel truss of the bridge was demolished using explosives on November 19th, 2019,[5] and was removed from the National Register in 2020.[6]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to White River Bridge (Clarendon, Arkansas).

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway 79 Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  3. ^ Higgerson, Shea (2016-09-22). "Clarendon hopes to save bridge". Stuttgart Daily Leader. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. ^ Briggs, Porter (June 10, 2019). "Save the bridge". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock: WEHCO Media.
  5. ^ KATV (2019-11-19). "WATCH: Historic White River Bridge in Monroe County demolished Tuesday morning". KATV. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  6. ^ "Weekly listing". National Park Service.


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