Wallace Bridge

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Wallace Bridge
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Nearest city Nimrod, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°56′10″N93°3′19″W / 34.93611°N 93.05528°W / 34.93611; -93.05528 Coordinates: 34°56′10″N93°3′19″W / 34.93611°N 93.05528°W / 34.93611; -93.05528
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Built bySouthwestern Bridge Company
Architectural styleCamelback through truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 08000724 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 2008

The Wallace Bridge, also known as the Nimrod Bridge, is a historic bridge in rural Perry County, Arkansas. It is located southeast of the hamlet of Nimrod, carrying County Road 18 (Wallace Bridge Road) across the Fourche La Fave River. It is a single-span camelback through truss structure, set on concrete abutments. The bridge has a truss length of 180 feet (55 m) and a roadway width of 15 feet (4.6 m) (one lane). The bridge was built in 1908, its trusses constructed by the Southwestern Bridge Company. At the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, it was one of three surviving camelback truss bridges in the state. [1] [2]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Wallace Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

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