The Spring Lake Bridge is a historic bridge in the eastern part of
Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, carrying County Road 35 across an inlet of Spring Lake known as Bob Barnes Branch, in the
Spring Lake Recreation Area with the
Ozark–St. Francis National Forest
The Ozark – St. Francis National Forest is a United States National Forest that is located in the U.S. state, state of Arkansas. It is composed of two separate forests, Ozark National Forest in the Ozark Mountains; and St. Francis National Fore ...
. It is a two-span closed-spandrel 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 ...
with a total length of . Each arch is long and high. Built in 1936 with federal funding, it is one of the state's finest examples of a stone arch 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 1990.
See also
*
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
*
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas
References
External links
*
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Yell County, Arkansas
Bridges completed in 1936
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas
Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas
Stone arch bridges in the United States
1936 establishments in Arkansas
Transportation in Yell County, Arkansas
Ozark–St. Francis National Forest
{{YellCountyAR-NRHP-stub