Mulberry River Bridge (Pleasant Hill, Arkansas)

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Mulberry River Bridge

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Mulberry Bridge under rehabilitation, August 2011
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Nearest city Pleasant Hill, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°31′57″N94°2′27″W / 35.53250°N 94.04083°W / 35.53250; -94.04083 Coordinates: 35°31′57″N94°2′27″W / 35.53250°N 94.04083°W / 35.53250; -94.04083
Area less than one acre
Built 1912/1929
Architect Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co.
Architectural style Pratt through truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference # 06001272 [1]
Added to NRHP January 24, 2007

The Mulberry River Bridge, also known as the Silver Bridge and the Wire Ford Bridge, [2] is a historic bridge Pratt through truss bridge northeast of Pleasant Hill, Arkansas, now a neighborhood of the city of Mulberry. The bridge (which is closed for renovations) normally carries Wire Road/Center Point Road across the Mulberry River. The bridge has three spans, set on metal caissons filled with concrete, and has a total length of 342 feet (104 m). Each span measures 105 feet (32 m), and has a deck width of 12 feet (3.7 m) and a vertical clearance of 13 feet (4.0 m). [3] In 1927 it was rebuilt when two of the three spans were washed out by the Mulberry River. [2] The bridge is the last known multi-span Pratt through truss bridge in the state. [3]

Pleasant Hill, Crawford County, Arkansas Neighborhood in Crawford, Arkansas, United States

Pleasant Hill is a neighborhood of Mulberry, Arkansas, which was once a separate community. Pleasant Hill is the nearest community to the Mulberry River Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Mulberry, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Mulberry is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,655 as of the 2010 Census, an increase of 1.72% from 1,627 in 2000.

Mulberry River (Arkansas) river in the United States of America

The Mulberry River is a 70-mile-long (110 km) tributary of the Arkansas River in northwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River. The drainage basin of the Mulberry River has an area of 373 square miles (970 km2) and the annual average mean flow of the river near its mouth is 557 cubic feet per second.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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Mulberry River Bridge (Turners Bend, Arkansas)

The Mulberry River Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 23 over the Mulberry River in northern Franklin County, Arkansas. It is a Parker pony truss bridge, with three spans and a total structure length of 446 feet (136 m). The main span is 112 feet (34 m) long, and the bridge has a deck width of 20 feet (6.1 m). The bridge was built in 1935, and is one of a small number of surviving multi-span pony truss bridges in the state.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Arkansas.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas.

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