The Illinois River Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying a discontinued portion of Kincheloe Road (once designated Benton County Road 196) over the

Illinois River The Illinois River ( mia, Inoka Siipiiwi) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River and is approximately long. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, it has a drainage basin of . The Illinois River begins at the confluence of the D ...

northeast of the hamlet of

Pedro, Arkansas Pedro is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. Pedro is close to the confluence of the Osage Creek and the Illinois River.

. It is a single-span

Pratt through truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

with a span of and a total structure length of . The bridge was built by the county in 1922, and was closed to traffic in 2004. 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 2005, and it is one of three Illinois River bridge crossings in Arkansas named "Illinois River Bridge" that are NRHP-listed. Pedro Bridge 2

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1922 Transportation in Benton County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Arkansas Pratt truss bridges in the United States 1922 establishments in Arkansas Illinois River (Oklahoma) {{Arkansas-bridge-struct-stub

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