North Jackson Street Bridge

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Nearest city De Witt, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°18′01″N91°20′26″W / 34.30015°N 91.34064°W / 34.30015; -91.34064 Coordinates: 34°18′01″N91°20′26″W / 34.30015°N 91.34064°W / 34.30015; -91.34064
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 10001151 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 2011

The North Jackson Street Bridge is a historic bridge in De Witt, Arkansas. Built c. 1910, it carries North Jackson Street over Holt Branch, just south of North Circle Drive. It consists of two spans of steel girders, resting on concrete abutments and a concrete central pier, with concrete decking. It is 32 feet (9.8 m) long and has a roadbed 22 feet (6.7 m) wide. Its guard rails consist of poured concrete panels, with incised rectangles on the side. The short spans of the bridge demonstrate the unfamiliarity with the use of concrete as a bridge-building material. North Jackson Street was originally laid out as the principal route out of De Witt heading north. [2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for North Washington Street Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.