Waterside Street Bridge

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Waterside Street Bridge
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LocationWaterside St. near jct. with E 31st St., North Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°46′59″N92°14′46″W / 34.78306°N 92.24611°W / 34.78306; -92.24611 Coordinates: 34°46′59″N92°14′46″W / 34.78306°N 92.24611°W / 34.78306; -92.24611
Arealess than one acre
Built1935 (1935)
ArchitectCarmean, Frank
Architectural styleClosed-Spandrel masonry deck
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 90000888 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1990

The Waterside Street Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Waterside Street across an inlet of Lake Number 1 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a rustic closed-spandrel masonry structure, with an exterior of rough uncoursed fieldstone that rises to parapet above the side of the roadbed. It is one of four masonry bridges built between 1929 and 1939 by developer Justin Matthews as part of the Lakewood subdivision. [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 Waterside Street Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-06.