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The Wallace Bridge, also known as the Nimrod Bridge, is a historic bridge in rural
Perry County, Arkansas Perry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 10,445 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Perryville. The county was formed on December 18, 1840, and named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, ...
. It is located southeast of the hamlet of
Nimrod Nimrod (; ; arc, ܢܡܪܘܕ; ar, نُمْرُود, Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of ...
, carrying County Road 18 (Wallace Bridge Road) across the
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. It is a single-span camelback through truss structure, set on concrete abutments. The bridge has a truss length of and a roadway width of (one lane). The bridge was built in 1908, its trusses constructed by the Southwestern Bridge Company. At the time of its listing on the
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in 2008, it was one of three surviving camelback truss bridges in the state.


See also

* Fourche LaFave River Bridge: a historic bridge over the Fourche La Fave River *
Ward's Crossing Bridge The Ward's Crossing Bridge is a historic bridge in rural eastern Yell County, Arkansas. The bridge carries County Road 8 across the Fourche La Fave River, south of Plainview. It is a single-span camelback through truss, whose main span measures , ...
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* Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Bridges completed in 1908 1908 establishments in Arkansas Parker truss bridges in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Perry County, Arkansas Transportation in Perry County, Arkansas Fourche La Fave River {{PerryCountyAR-NRHP-stub