Area less than one acre Architectural style Concrete arch Added to NRHP 21 January 2010 | Built 1923 Opened 1923 | |
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Location US 62S over Crooked Creek, Pyatt, Arkansas Built by M.C. Orr Contracting Co. MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS | ||
Peach creek crooked creek bridge
The Crooked Creek Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that carries U.S. Route 62 Spur over Crooked Creek in Pyatt, Arkansas. Built in 1923, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 2010.
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Crooked creek bridge demolition
History
Although a town site had existed at this bend of Crooked Creek since the 1870s, Pyatt became a town in 1904 upon completion of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway tracks through the area. As the cotton industry grew in the area and roads began to spring up around Marion County, a connecting road became necessary to give Pyatt access to the main route in the county. Completion of the Crooked Creek Bridge gave Pyatt access to the modern U.S. Route 62 via a spur route.
Design
The closed spandrel arch design became popular during the City Beautiful movement in the 1900s. Concrete became a popular bridge material at the time as well, in an effort to imitate many Roman bridges thought to be beautiful.