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Mulberry River Bridge (Turner's Bend, Arkansas)

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Built
  
1935

NRHP Reference #
  
06001275

Body of water
  
Mulberry River

Architectural style
  
Parker Pony truss

Opened
  
1935

Added to NRHP
  
24 January 2007

Mulberry River Bridge (Turner's Bend, Arkansas)

Nearest city
  
Turner's Bend, Arkansas

Architect
  
McEachin & McEachin, Inc.

MPS
  
Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS

The Mulberry River Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 23 over the Mulberry River in northern Franklin County, Arkansas. It is a Parker pony truss bridge, with three spans and a total structure length of 446 feet (136 m). The main span is 112 feet (34 m) long, and the bridge has a deck width of 20 feet (6.1 m). The bridge was built in 1935, and is one of a small number of surviving multi-span pony truss bridges in the state.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

Mulberry River Bridge (Turner's Bend, Arkansas) Wikipedia