Waterside Street Bridge
National Register of Historic Places

Waterside Street Bridge

North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Listed
June 13, 1990
Type
Structure
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
90000888

About this property

The Waterside Street Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Waterside Street across an inlet of Lake Number 1 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a rustic closed-spandrel masonry structure, with an exterior of rough uncoursed fieldstone that rises to parapet above the side of the roadbed. It is one of four masonry bridges built between 1929 and 1939 by developer Justin Matthews as part of the Lakewood subdivision. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 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 Pulaski County, Arkansas Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-72, "Waterside Street Bridge, Spanning Lake 1 Tributary at Waterside Street, North Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR", 8 data pages

Location

North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
34.78326, -92.24617

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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Nearby Battles

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When was Waterside Street Bridge listed on the National Register?

Waterside Street Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1990.

What type of historic resource is Waterside Street Bridge?

Waterside Street Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Waterside Street Bridge?

The period of significance for Waterside Street Bridge is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1929.

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