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The Buffalo River Bridge was a historic bridge, carrying
Arkansas Highway 7 Highway 7 (AR 7, Ark. 7, Hwy. 7, and partially Scenic 7 Byway) is a north–south state highway that runs across the state of Arkansas. As Arkansas's longest state highway, the route runs from Louisiana Highway 558 at the Louisiana state line n ...
across the Buffalo River in northeastern
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. It was located in the
Buffalo National River The Buffalo River, located in Northern Arkansas, was the first List of areas in the United States National Park System#National rivers and national wild and scenic rivers, National River to be designated in the United States. The Buffalo River i ...
, managed by the
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. It was an unusual Pennsylvania through truss, with a center span of and a total structure length of . The central truss was flanked at the ends by eight-panel Warren trusses. The bridge was built in 1931 by a Kansas contractor under contract to the state highway department. At the time of its listing on the
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in 1990, it was one of four known Pennsylvania through trusses in the state. It was delisted in 2022 following demolition that began in 2021.


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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Bridges Notes References {{HAER list, structure=bridge *List *List Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Arkansas. See also * List of bridges in Arkansas References {{NRHP bridges Arkansas Bridges Bridges A bridge is a structure bu ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Arkans ...


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* Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1931 Demolished buildings and structures in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Arkansas Pennsylvania truss bridges in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo National River Former National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas 1931 establishments in Arkansas 2021 disestablishments in Arkansas Transportation in Newton County, Arkansas Former road bridges in the United States {{NewtonCountyAR-NRHP-stub