The Main Street Bridge carries Sellers Street across a portion of the Silver Smith Branch in

New Blaine, Arkansas New Blaine is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, Arkansas, Logan County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 173. The followi ...

. Built in 1922, it is a closed-spandrel masonry

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 ...

, built out of locally quarried stone. It has a total length of and is about wide. It is named "Main Street Bridge" because Sellers Street was known as Main Street at the time of its construction, and was the principal route from the railroad depot to New Blaine's commercial and industrial area. The bridge was listed on the

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in 2002.

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Logan County, Arkansas Bridges completed in 1922 Stone arch bridges in the United States 1922 establishments in Arkansas Transportation in Logan County, Arkansas {{LoganCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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