Spring Lake Bridge

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Spring Lake Bridge
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Location in Arkansas
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Location in United States
Nearest city Belleville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°9′4″N93°25′54″W / 35.15111°N 93.43167°W / 35.15111; -93.43167 Coordinates: 35°9′4″N93°25′54″W / 35.15111°N 93.43167°W / 35.15111; -93.43167
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)
Built by Resettlement Administration
Architectural styleClosed spandrel arch
Part of Spring Lake Recreation Area Historic District (ID94001613)
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 90000510 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1990
Designated CPSeptember 11, 1995

The Spring Lake Bridge is a historic bridge in the eastern part of Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, carrying Highway 35 across an inlet of Spring Lake known as Bob Barnes Branch, in the Spring Lake Recreation Area. It is a two-span closed-spandrel stone arch bridge with a total length of 36 feet (11 m). Each arch is 10 feet (3.0 m) long and 6 feet (1.8 m) high. Built in 1936 with federal funding, it is one of the state's finest examples of a stone arch bridge. [2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [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 Spring Lake Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-01.