Petit Jean River Bridge (Yell County, Arkansas)

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Petit Jean River Bridge
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Nearest city	Ola, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°4′43″N 93°14′29″W / 35.07861°N 93.24139°W / 35.07861; -93.24139
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930 (1930)
Built by	Vincennes Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt Thru Truss
MPS	Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	09001263^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2010
Removed from NRHP	September 30, 2019

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 119 feet (36 m) long, and a total structure length of 159 feet (48 m). The trusses rest on concrete pillars. The bridge was 12 feet (3.7 m) wide, allowing for a single lane of traffic. Built in 1930, it was one of three Pratt truss bridges in the county.^[2] 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)^[3]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, and was delisted in 2019.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Petit Jean River Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
^ "PHOTOS: Historic Arkansas bridge collapses after GPS leads trucker to span".

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