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Short Mountain Creek Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Parker pony-truss

Opened
  
1928

Built
  
1928 (1928)

NRHP Reference #
  
04001039

Added to NRHP
  
24 September 2004

Short Mountain Creek Bridge

Location
  
County Road 64 (Short Mountain Road), near Paris, Arkansas

MPS
  
Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS

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.

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

References

Short Mountain Creek Bridge Wikipedia