Miller Creek Bridge
Appearance
Miller Creek Bridge | |
Nearest city | Batesville, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 35°46′54″N 91°25′22″W / 35.78167°N 91.42278°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Jack Hanford, W.E. Fugett |
Architectural style | Concrete Arch |
MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 09001249[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 21, 2010 |
The Miller Creek Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Millers Creek Road across Millers Creek, just north of the city limits of Batesville, Arkansas. Built in 1914, it is the state's oldest surviving concrete bridge. It is a two-span arched structure with a total length of 123 feet (37 m), and a width of 12 feet (3.7 m), carrying a single lane of traffic. The bridge is somewhat overengineered, as the use of concrete in bridge construction was then relatively new, and knowledge of the material's properties in this application was not well understood.[2]
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Independence County, Arkansas
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Miller Creek Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miller Creek Bridge, Spanning Miller Creek at Miller Creek Road (CR 86), Batesville, Independence County, AR HAER.
Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Bridges completed in 1914
- Buildings and structures in Independence County, Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Independence County, Arkansas
- Road bridges in Arkansas
- Concrete bridges in the United States
- Arch bridges in the United States
- North Central Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs