Miller Creek Bridge

Miller Creek Bridge

HABS photo, 2008
Nearest city Batesville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°46′54″N 91°25′22″W / 35.78167°N 91.42278°W / 35.78167; -91.42278Coordinates: 35°46′54″N 91°25′22″W / 35.78167°N 91.42278°W / 35.78167; -91.42278
Area less than one acre
Built 1914 (1914)
Architectural style Concrete Arch
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 09001249[1]
Added to NRHP January 21, 2010

The Miller Creek Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Millers Creek Road across Millers Creek, just north of the city limits of Batesville, Arkansas. Built in 1914, it is the state's oldest surviving concrete bridge. It is a two-span arched structure with a total length of 123 feet (37 m), and a width of 12 feet (3.7 m), carrying a single lane of traffic. The bridge is somewhat overengineered, as the use of concrete in bridge construction was then relatively new, and knowledge of the material's properties in this application was not well understood.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Miller Creek Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miller Creek Bridge, Spanning Miller Creek at Miller Creek Road (CR 86), Batesville, Independence County, AR HAER.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.