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Old U.S. Route 71 (Little River approach)

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Built
  
1934 (1934)

Opened
  
1934

Added to NRHP
  
26 May 2004

NRHP Reference #
  
04000493

Area
  
3 ha

Nearest city
  
Ben Lomond

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MPS
  
Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS

Old US 71-Little River Approach is a largely abandoned section of an old alignment of U.S. Route 71 (US 71) in southern Sevier County, Arkansas. Now designated Ashley Camp Road, it is a 2.75-mile-long (4.43 km) section of road, extending south from Arkansas Highway 234 to the Little River. It parallels the existing alignment of US 71, which travels to the west of this road section. The road is 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, with no shoulder, and was built in 1934 of Bates-style concrete, notable for its embedded reinforcing rods. The road was built on fill-in order to raise it above the floodplain of the Little River, and includes five period bridges built as reliefs in the event of river flooding. It is the longest and most-intact section of the original US 71 alignment in the county.

The roadway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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Old U.S. Route 71 (Little River approach) Wikipedia