Frog Bayou Bridge Explained

Frog Bayou Bridge
Nearest City:Mountainburg, Arkansas
Coordinates:35.6178°N -94.1842°W
Architecture:Parker through truss
Added:May 26, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000648

The Frog Bayou Bridge is a historic bridge in Crawford County, Arkansas, just south of Mountainburg. It is a single-span steel Parker through truss, which formerly carried Arkansas Highway 282 across Frog Bayou, a tributary of the Arkansas River. The bridge is now closed to traffic, and is located at the southern end of Silver Bridge Road. The bridge has a span of 150feet and a total structure length of 209feet, and rests on abutments of stone and concrete. The northern approach to the bridge also includes a stone and concrete pier. The bridge was built in 1942.[1]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Frog Bayou Bridge . Arkansas Preservation . 2015-04-05.