The St. Francis River Bridge, also known as the Lake City Bridge, was a historic bridge spanning the St. Francis River at Lake City, Arkansas. It was composed of 109 I-beam trestles and a single vertical lift span, and had a total length of 3,412 feet (1,040 m). The bridge was designed and built in 1934 by the Vincennes Bridge Company,[2] and carried Arkansas Highway 18 until 1998, when a modern 4-span I-beam bridge was built adjacent to it. The old bridge was dismantled, leaving only the vertical lift segment on the east bank of the river.[3]
St. Francis River Bridge | |
 HAER photo, 1988 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location |  AR 18 over the St. Francis River, Lake City, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°49′16″N 90°25′55″W / 35.82111°N 90.43194°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1934 |
| Built by | Arkansas Department of Transportation; Vincennes Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | I-beam vertical lift |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000515[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1990 |
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. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for St. Francis River Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ "Lake City Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-18, "St. Francis River Bridge, Spanning St. Francis River at State Highway 18, Lake City, Craighead County, AR", 6 photos, 32 data pages, 1 photo caption page
 | This article about a property in Craighead County, Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a bridge in Arkansas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |