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The Mulberry River Bridge, also known as the Silver Bridge and the Wire Ford Bridge, is a historic
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 ...
bridge northeast of Pleasant Hill, Arkansas, now a neighborhood of the city of
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. The bridge (which is closed for renovations) normally carries Wire Road/Center Point Road across the Mulberry River. The bridge has three spans, set on metal caissons filled with concrete, and has a total length of . Each span measures , and has a deck width of and a vertical clearance of . In 1927 it was rebuilt when two of the three spans were washed out by the Mulberry River. The bridge is the last known multi-span Pratt through truss bridge in the state. 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 2007.


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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Bridges Notes References {{HAER list, structure=bridge *List *List Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked ...
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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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Mulberry River Bridge (Turner's Bend, Arkansas) The Mulberry River Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 23 over the Mulberry River in northern Franklin County, Arkansas. It is a Parker pony truss bridge, with three spans and a total structure length of . The main span is lo ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, A ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Ar ...


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* Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1927 Transportation in Franklin County, Arkansas Transportation in Crawford County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Arkansas Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Arkansas Steel bridges in the United States 1927 establishments in Arkansas Pratt truss bridges in the United States {{Arkansas-bridge-struct-stub