Big Bottom Slough Bridge

Big Bottom Slough Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Arkansas Show map of Arkansas Location in United States Show map of the United States
Nearest city	Magness, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°40′13″N 91°28′38″W / 35.67028°N 91.47722°W / 35.67028; -91.47722
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909 (1909)
Architectural style	Pratt through truss
MPS	Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001042[1]
Added to NRHP	September 24, 2004

The Big Bottom Slough Bridge is a historic bridge in rural eastern Independence County, Arkansas. Now closed to traffic, it formerly carried Padgett Island Road across Big Bottom Slough about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Magness. It is a pin-connected Pratt through truss structure, with a span of 110 feet (34 m) and a total structure length of 192 feet (59 m). The bridge was built in 1909, and is the only bridge of its type in the area.^[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, as "Big Botton Slough Bridge".^[1]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Independence County, Arkansas

References

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-82, "Island Slough Bridge, Spanning Island Slough at County Road 58, Magness, Independence County, AR", 8 data pages

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