Cedar Creek Bridge (Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas) Explained

Davies Bridge (on Cedar Creek)
Coordinates:35.1286°N -92.925°W
Architect:Ladd Davies, CCC
Architecture:Closed spandrel, deck arch
Added:April 9, 1990
Mpsub:Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
Refnum:90000520
Nrhp Type2:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Nrhp Type2:May 28, 1992
Partof Refnum:92000515

The Davies Bridge carries Red Bluff Drive across Cedar Creek, just north of Arkansas Highway 154 in Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas. It is a single-span closed-spandrel masonry arch structure, with an arch 20feet long and 10feet high. It is built out of mortared ashlar fieldstone laid in courses, with some stones left rusticated and protruding from the sides. The bridge was built in 1934 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps that was developing the park's facilities.[1]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Davies Bridge . Arkansas Preservation . 2016-03-31.