The Cove Creek Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 309 across Cove Creek, south of the hamlet of Corley, Arkansas in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. It is a two-span closed-spandrel masonry arch structure, with each span measuring 13 feet (4.0 m) and an overall structure length of 26 feet (7.9 m). It is built entirely out of stone, with a concrete and asphalt deck, and concrete barriers at the sides. It was built in 1936 with funding support from the Works Progress Administration.[2]
Cove Creek Bridge | |
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  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Corley, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°11′35″N 93°37′24″W / 35.19306°N 93.62333°W |
| Built | 1936 |
| Architect | WPA |
| Architectural style | Closed-spandrel masonry arch |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000645[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 26, 1995 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
See also
edit- Cove Creek Bridge (Martinville, Arkansas)
- Cove Creek Tributary Bridge
- Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Logan County, Arkansas
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Cove Creek Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-84, "Cove Creek Bridge, Spanning Cove Creek at State Highway 309, Corley, Logan County, AR", 6 data pages
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