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Little Missouri River Bridge

Coordinates: 33°54′12″N 93°18′34″W / 33.90333°N 93.30944°W / 33.90333; -93.30944
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Little Missouri River Bridge
View of the secondary Pratt truss, 1988
Little Missouri River Bridge is located in Arkansas
Little Missouri River Bridge
Location in Arkansas
Little Missouri River Bridge is located in the United States
Little Missouri River Bridge
Location in United States
Nearest cityPrescott, Arkansas
Coordinates33°54′12″N 93°18′34″W / 33.90333°N 93.30944°W / 33.90333; -93.30944
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural styleCamelback Pratt
MPSHistoric Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.90000536[1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1990

The Little Missouri River Bridge, also known as the Nachitoch Bluff Bridge, is a historic bridge between rural southern Clark County, Arkansas and Nevada County, Arkansas. Now closed to traffic, it once carried County Road 179 (apparently now numbered CR 479) over the Little Missouri River. Believed to be built in 1910, it is the only known Camelback Pratt truss bridge in the state. Its main span measures 185 feet (56 m), with a secondary Pratt truss span measuring 110 feet (34 m) in length, and there are I-beam-supported approaches on either side, giving the bridge a total length of 315 feet (96 m). The bridge is located on the historic route of the Natchitoches Trace, an early colonial French-Spanish trail through the area.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Little Missouri River Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
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