Crooked Creek Bridge

Crooked Creek Bridge
Crooked Creek Bridge is located in Arkansas
Crooked Creek Bridge
Location in Arkansas
Crooked Creek Bridge is located in the United States
Crooked Creek Bridge
Location in United States
Location US 62S over Crooked Creek, Pyatt, Arkansas
Coordinates36°14′54″N 92°50′38″W / 36.24827°N 92.84392°W / 36.24827; -92.84392
Arealess than one acre
Built1923
Built byM.C. Orr Contracting Co.
Architectural styleConcrete arch
MPSHistoric Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.09001253[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 2010

The Crooked Creek Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that carries U.S. Route 62 Spur over Crooked Creek in Pyatt, Arkansas. Built in 1923, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 2010.[1]

History

Although a town site had existed at this bend of Crooked Creek since the 1870s, Pyatt became a town in 1904 upon completion of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway tracks through the area. As the cotton industry grew in the area and roads began to spring up around Marion County, a connecting road became necessary to give Pyatt access to the main route in the county. Completion of the Crooked Creek Bridge gave Pyatt access to the modern U.S. Route 62 via a spur route.[2]

Design

The closed spandrel arch design became popular during the City Beautiful movement in the 1900s. Concrete became a popular bridge material at the time as well, in an effort to imitate many Roman bridges thought to be beautiful.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Crooked Creek Bridge, Pyatt, Marion County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.