Wallace Bridge Explained

Wallace Bridge
Nearest City:Nimrod, Arkansas
Builder:Southwestern Bridge Company
Architecture:Camelback through truss
Added:August 1, 2008
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
Refnum:08000724

The Wallace Bridge, also known as the Nimrod Bridge, is a historic bridge in rural Perry County, Arkansas. It is located southeast of the hamlet of Nimrod, carrying County Road 18 (Wallace Bridge Road) across the Fourche La Fave River. It is a single-span camelback through truss structure, set on concrete abutments. The bridge has a truss length of and a roadway width of 15feet (one lane). The bridge was built in 1908, its trusses constructed by the Southwestern Bridge Company. At the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, it was one of three surviving camelback truss bridges in the state.[1]

See also

a historic bridge over the Fourche La Fave River

a historic bridge over the Fourche La Fave River

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Wallace Bridge . Arkansas Preservation . 2016-03-29.