Short Mountain Creek Bridge

United States historic place


Short Mountain Creek Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°18′41″N 93°44′37″W / 35.31139°N 93.74361°W / 35.31139; -93.74361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928 (1928)
Built by	Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Tenn.
Architectural style	Parker pony truss
MPS	Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001039^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 2004

The Short Mountain Creek Bridge carries Short Mountain Road across Short Mountain Creek, northwest of Paris, Arkansas. It is a single-span Parker pony truss bridge, with a span measuring 92 feet (28 m) and a total structure length of 93 feet (28 m). It has a deck surface of concrete that is 21.7 feet (6.6 m) wide. It was built in 1928 by the Virginia Bridge Company of Tennessee, and is the only bridge of this type in the area.^[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Short Mountain Creek Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-05-06.