Petit Jean River Bridge | |
Nearest City: | Ola, Arkansas |
Coordinates: | 35.0786°N -93.2414°W |
Map Label: | Petit Jean River Bridge |
Builder: | Vincennes Bridge Company |
Architecture: | Pratt Thru Truss |
Added: | January 21, 2010 |
Delisted: | September 30, 2019 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Mpsub: | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
Refnum: | 09001263 |
The Petit Jean River Bridge was a historic bridge in rural northeastern Yell County, Arkansas. It is located north of Ola, and carries County Road 49 across the Petit Jean River. It was a single-span Pratt through truss, with a truss length of 119feet long, and a total structure length of 159feet. The trusses rest on concrete pillars. The bridge was 12feet wide, allowing for a single lane of traffic. Built in 1930, it was one of three Pratt truss bridges in the county.[1] On February 1, 2019, the bridge was destroyed by an undertrained trucker who was unable to comprehend the clearly marked weight limits of the structure (15 tons)[2]
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, and was delisted in 2019.