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The Springfield Bridge is a historic
bowstring truss bridge 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 ...
, located in Beaverfork Lake Park in
Conway, Arkansas Conway is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Faulkner County, located in the state's most populous Metropolitan Statistical Area, Central Arkansas. Although considered a suburb of Little Rock, Conway is unusual in that ...
, USA. It originally spanned Cadron Creek in rural
Faulkner County Faulkner County is located in the Central Arkansas region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 113,237, making it the fifth most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat and largest city is Conwa ...
east of
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. It is long, set on stone abutments, with tubular metal top
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that rise above the bottom chords. Built circa 1871–74, it is the oldest documented highway bridge in the state and its only documented bowstring arch bridge. The bridge was listed on the
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in 1988. In 2015, the Faulkner County Historical Society began a drive to relocate the bridge as part of a local trail network. The bridge has suffered from neglect due to its remote location as well as damage by fire and vandalism. The bridge was moved to its present location in 2017.


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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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National Register of Historic Places listings in Faulkner County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Faulkner County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Faulkner County, Ar ...


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* Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1871 Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas Bowstring truss bridges in the United States Metal bridges in the United States 1871 establishments in Arkansas Transportation in Faulkner County, Arkansas Relocated buildings and structures in Arkansas Pedestrian bridges in the United States {{Arkansas-bridge-struct-stub