Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge

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]

Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Ruby Road (formerly AR 57), now closed, over Union Pacific RR., Stephens, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°24′46″N 93°4′10″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928 (1928)
Architectural style	Warren pony truss
MPS	Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	05001078[1]
Added to NRHP	September 28, 2005

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

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ouachita County, Arkansas

References

1. "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.