North Fork Bridge
National Register of Historic Places

North Fork Bridge

Norfork, Arkansas
Listed
September 29, 2015
Type
Structure
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
90000512

About this property

The North Fork Bridge carries Arkansas Highway 5 over the North Fork River, or the North Fork of the White River, in Norfork, Arkansas, United States. It is a modern steel girder bridge, replacing a 1937 Warren deck truss bridge, which was the first road crossing of the North Fork River in Norfork. The 1937 bridge, demolished in 2014, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990, but was delisted in 2015. The 1937 bridge was a four-span structure designed by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation and built by Vincennes Bridge Co. A total of 518 feet (158 m) in length, the bridge represented an early example steel deck construction. Two of the spans were cantilevered, extending 28 feet (8.5 m) beyond the piers and providing the suspension points for the other two spans. The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1988. List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Baxter County, Arkansas Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-10, "North Fork Bridge, Spans North Fork of White River at State Highway 5, Norfork, Baxter County, AR", 11 photos, 19 data pages, 1 photo caption page

Location

Norfork, Arkansas
36.21236, -92.28638
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was North Fork Bridge listed on the National Register?

North Fork Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 2015.

What type of historic resource is North Fork Bridge?

North Fork Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for North Fork Bridge is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1937.

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