White River Bridge | |
Location: | over the White River |
Nearest City: | Beaver, Arkansas |
Coordinates: | 36.4511°N -93.8233°W |
Area: | Carroll County |
Built: | 1952 |
Architect: | Forcum James Company |
Architecture: | Five span deck-truss |
Mpsub: | Historic Bridges of Arkansas |
Added: | 24 January 2008 |
Refnum: | 07001421 |
The White River Bridge is a five-span Warren deck truss bridge located near Beaver, Carroll County, Arkansas. It carries U.S. Route 62 over the White River for 786.9feet.[1] Each span is about 128feet in length and is mounted on concrete piers or abutments. The bridge was built in 1950-52 by the Forcum-James Company of Dyersburg, Tennessee. It was the last of eleven deck-truss bridges built in the state, and is the only one of its type in the county.[2]
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.