The Cannon Creek Bridge is a historic bridge in rural western

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. The bridge is located southeast of

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, carrying County Road 5340 across Cannon and Coon Creeks. It is a curving concrete deck structure with an overall length of about and a deck width of . Built in 1929 to carry

Arkansas Highway 16 Highway 16 (AR 16, Ark. 16, and Hwy. 16) is an east–west state highway in Arkansas. The route begins in Siloam Springs at US Highway 412 (US 412) and Highway 59 and runs east through Fayetteville and the Ozark National For ...

, it is the only known surviving curved concrete deck bridge in the state. It was bypassed by the present alignment of Highway 16 in the 1980s. The bridge was listed on the

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in 2004.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1929 Transportation in Madison County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Arkansas Concrete bridges in the United States 1929 establishments in Arkansas {{MadisonCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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