West James Street Overpass

West James Street Overpass
West James Street Overpass
Coordinates	34°26′44″N 92°11′6″W / 34.44556°N 92.18500°W
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Union Pacific Railroad
Locale	Redfield, Arkansas, U.S.
Other name(s)	West James Street Bridge
Characteristics
Total length	131 ft (40 m)
Width	26 ft (8 m)
No. of lanes	2
History
Opened	1924 (100 years ago)
	West James Street Overpass
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000609
Added to NRHP	May 18, 1995
Location

The West James Street Overpass is a historic bridge in Redfield, Arkansas. It carries West James Street (or Avenue) across the Union Pacific railroad tracks near the center of the community.

It is a timber trestle structure, with six spans over a total length of 131 feet (40 m), a deck width of 20 feet (6.1 m), and an overall width of 26 feet (7.9 m). Its abutments are a combination of wood and concrete, and the posts supporting the trestles are mounted on concrete footings. It was built in 1924.^[2] The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for West James Street Overpass". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-78, "West James Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad at West James Street, Redfield, Jefferson County, AR", 6 data pages

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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 West James Street Overpass". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

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