State Highway 96 Bridge

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State Highway 96 Bridge
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Location in United States
Nearest city Greenwood, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°13′8″N94°13′16″W / 35.21889°N 94.22111°W / 35.21889; -94.22111 Coordinates: 35°13′8″N94°13′16″W / 35.21889°N 94.22111°W / 35.21889; -94.22111
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)
Architectural styleSteel Pony Truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 95000564 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1995

The State Highway 96 Bridge is a modern steel girder bridge with a concrete deck, carrying Arkansas Highway 96 across Vache Grass Creek east of Greenwood, Arkansas. It is a replacement for a historic steel pony truss bridge, built in 1938. [2] The historic bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [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 State Highway 96 Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-07.