The Davies Bridge carries Red Bluff Drive across Cedar Creek, just north of Arkansas Highway 154 in Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas. It is a single-span closed-spandrel masonry arch structure, with an arch 20 feet (6.1 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) high. It is built out of mortared ashlar fieldstone laid in courses, with some stones left rusticated and protruding from the sides. The bridge was built in 1934 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps that was developing the park's facilities.[2]
Davies Bridge (on Cedar Creek) | |
![]() Bridge profile | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | Off Highway 154, over Cedar Creek at Roosevelt Lake within Petit Jean State Park |
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Coordinates | 35°7′43″N 92°55′30″W / 35.12861°N 92.92500°W |
Built | 1934 |
Architect | Ladd Davies, CCC |
Architectural style | Closed spandrel, deck arch |
Part of | Petit Jean State Park-Lake Bailey-Roosevelt Lake Historic District (ID92000515) |
MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000520[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 9, 1990 |
Designated CP | May 28, 1992 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Davies Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-31, "Cedar Creek Bridge, Spanning Cedar Creek adjacent to State Highway 154, Morrilton, Conway County, AR", 7 photos, 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page