The Evansville-Dutch Mills Road Bridge is a historic bridge in rural western Washington County, Arkansas. It is a single-span concrete filled-spandrel arch bridge, which carries Dutch Mills Road (County Road 464) over Whitaker Branch South south of the village of Dutch Mills The bridge was built in 1936 by the

Luten Bridge Company Luten Bridge Company and variations such as Luten Engineering Company was the name of a number of different bridge building companies in the United States during the early- to mid-20th century. Each had rights to build concrete Luten arch bridges, ...

, and was one of its last commissions in the county. The arch spans and the bridge has a total structure length of . The bridge was built with a unique Luten Company design that used rings to strengthen the connection between the piers and spandrel walls, enabling a reduced amount of material while maintaining the strength of the bridge. 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 2008.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1936 National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Arkansas Concrete bridges in the United States Arch bridges in the United States Transportation in Washington County, Arkansas 1936 establishments in Arkansas Luten bridges {{Arkansas-bridge-struct-stub

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