The Lincoln Avenue Viaduct, also known as the Cantrell Road Bridge, is a historic bridge, now carrying the westbound lanes of Cantrell Road (Arkansas Highway 10) across railroad tracks in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The bridge is a rainbow arch structure built out of reinforced concrete, with an arch length of 90 feet (27 m), and a total structure length of 144 feet (44 m). The bridge was built in 1928 by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad and given to the city; it is the only bridge of its type in the state.[2]
Lincoln Avenue Viaduct | |
 HAER photo, 1988 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location |  AR 10 (Cantrell Road) over the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 34°45′9″N 92°16′59″W / 34.75250°N 92.28306°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1928 |
| Built by | Missouri-Pacific Railroad |
| Engineer | Ozark Engineering Co. |
| Architectural style | Tied arch |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000731[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1990 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Lincoln Avenue Viaduct". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
External links
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- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-6, "Lincoln Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad, Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR", 7 photos, 21 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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