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The Crowley's Ridge State Park Bridge is a historic masonry stone
arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
in
Crowley's Ridge State Park Crowley's Ridge State Park is a Arkansas state park in Greene County, Arkansas in the United States atop Crowley's Ridge. Located on the former homesite of pioneer Benjamin Crowley, the park contains many excellent examples of the work done by ...
, near
Walcott, Arkansas Walcott is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Walcott is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 141 and 168, west of Paragould. It was first listed as a CDP in the 202 ...
. The bridge carries the main access road to the park across a drainage ditch. It is a rusticated stone structure, about long, that was built c. 1935 by crews of the
Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
(CCC) that were developing the park. It is one of several CCC-built structures still standing in the park, and is a well-built example of the rustic architecture popularized by the CCC. The bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1992.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkan ...
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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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Crowley's Ridge Transportation in Greene County, Arkansas Bridges completed in 1935 National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkansas Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas 1935 establishments in Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas Rustic architecture in Arkansas Stone arch bridges in the United States {{Arkansas-bridge-struct-stub