Crooked Creek Bridge

	Crooked Creek Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	US 62S over Crooked Creek, Pyatt, Arkansas
Coordinates	36°14′54″N 92°50′38″W / 36.24827°N 92.84392°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1923
Built by	M.C. Orr Contracting Co.
Architectural style	Concrete arch
MPS	Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	09001253
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2010

The Crooked Creek Bridge is a concrete arch bridge that carries U.S. Route 62 Spur over Crooked Creek in Pyatt, Arkansas. Built in 1923, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 2010.^[1]

History

Although a town site had existed at this bend of Crooked Creek since the 1870s, Pyatt became a town in 1904 upon completion of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway tracks through the area. As the cotton industry grew in the area and roads began to spring up around Marion County, a connecting road became necessary to give Pyatt access to the main route in the county. Completion of the Crooked Creek Bridge gave Pyatt access to the modern U.S. Route 62 via a spur route.^[2]

Design

The closed spandrel arch design became popular during the City Beautiful movement in the 1900s. Concrete became a popular bridge material at the time as well, in an effort to imitate many Roman bridges thought to be beautiful.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Crooked Creek Bridge, Pyatt, Marion County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.

External links

Pyatt Arch Bridge at bridgehunter

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[ahpp-2] "Crooked Creek Bridge, Pyatt, Marion County". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.

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