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Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge

Coordinates: 33°24′46″N 93°4′10″W / 33.41278°N 93.06944°W / 33.41278; -93.06944
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Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge is located in Arkansas
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
Location in Arkansas
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge is located in the United States
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
Location in United States
LocationRuby Road (formerly AR 57), now closed, over Union Pacific RR., Stephens, Arkansas
Coordinates33°24′46″N 93°4′10″W / 33.41278°N 93.06944°W / 33.41278; -93.06944
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
Architectural styleWarren pony truss
MPSHistoric Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.05001078[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 2005

The Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge is a Warren pony truss bridge in Stephens, Arkansas. It carries an old alignment of Arkansas Highway 57 over a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad near the city center. The bridge is now closed to traffic; the road on which it is located is now called Ruby Street. The bridge is distinctive in Arkansas for two reasons: first, it was the last bridge of its type on a state highway, and it has a pedestrian sidewalk on the outside of the trusses. It is unknown who built the trusses; the bridge was built in 1928.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Summary description of Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-05-26.