The Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge is a Warren pony truss bridge in

Stephens, Arkansas Stephens is a city in Ouachita County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 891 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Camden Micropolitan Statistical Area. Stephens was incorporated in 1889. Geography Stephens is located at ...

. It carries an old alignment of

Arkansas Highway 57 Highway 57 (AR 57, Ark. 57, and Hwy. 57) is a north–south state highway in Southwest Arkansas. The route of begins at US Highway 82 (US 82) at Marysville and runs north to Highway 24 in Chidester. The route is maintained ...

over a branch of the

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near the city center. The bridge is now closed to traffic; the road on which it is located is now called Ruby Street. The bridge is distinctive in Arkansas for two reasons: first, it was the last bridge of its type on a state highway, and it has a pedestrian sidewalk on the outside of the trusses. It is unknown who built the trusses; the bridge was built in 1928. The bridge was listed on the

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in 2005.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1928 1928 establishments in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita County, Arkansas Warren truss bridges in the United States Transportation in Ouachita County, Arkansas {{Arkansas-bridge-struct-stub

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