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The Twin Bridges Historic District, in
Washington County, Arkansas Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th county on November 30, 1848, Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities, including Fayetteville, Arka ...
, near
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, is an area surrounding two closed-spandrel, concrete-deck bridges completed in 1922 by the Luten Bridge Company. These bridges are located on County Route 3412 and former County Route 11. The district was added to 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 ...
on March 7, 1994.


Style

The two bridges are both single-
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closed spandrel 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 ( ...
concrete deck bridges. Formerly both on the winding County Route 11, the route was straightened in 1955 and has now bypassed these bridges on a new concrete facility.


Construction

By order of the county judge, local residents were to construct the approaches of the bridges by themselves to spare expense to the county. The Luten Bridge Company of
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, was contracted for the work and for eleven other bridges in the county.


See also

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* {{National Register of Historic Places Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1922 Luten bridges Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Arkansas Concrete bridges in the United States Arch bridges in the United States Transportation in Washington County, Arkansas