The Miller Creek Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Miller Creek Road across Miller Creek, just north of the city limits of Batesville, Arkansas. Built in 1914, it is the state's oldest surviving concrete bridge. It is a two-span arched structure with a total length of 123 feet (37 m), and a width of 12 feet (3.7 m), carrying a single lane of traffic. The bridge is somewhat overengineered, as the use of concrete in bridge construction was then relatively new, and knowledge of the material's properties in this application was not well understood.[2]
Miller Creek Bridge | |
,_Batesville_vicinity_(Independence_County,_Arkansas).jpg) HAER photo, 2008 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Batesville, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°46′56″N 91°37′19″W / 35.78222°N 91.62194°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Jack Hanford, W. E. Fugett |
| Architectural style | Concrete arch |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001249[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 2010 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Miller Creek Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-105, "Miller Creek Bridge, Spanning Miller Creek at Miller Creek Road (CR 86), Batesville, Independence County, AR", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page
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