Maxwell Street Bridge

Maxwell Street Bridge
Nearest city De Witt, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°17′51″N 91°20′15″W / 34.29750°N 91.33750°W / 34.29750; -91.33750Coordinates: 34°17′51″N 91°20′15″W / 34.29750°N 91.33750°W / 34.29750; -91.33750
Area less than one acre
Built 1910 (1910)
MPS Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 10001148[1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 2011

The Maxwell Street Bridge is a historic bridge in De Witt, Arkansas. Built c. 1910, it carries West Maxwell Avenue over a small creek, between Adams and Jefferson Streets. It consists of a single spans of steel girders, resting on concrete abutments with diagonal wing walls, and is covered with concrete decking that has an asphalt road surface. It is 20 feet (6.1 m) long and has a roadbed 30 feet (9.1 m) wide. Its guard rails consist of poured concrete panels, with incised rectangles on the side. Maxwell Avenue was originally the northernmost boundary of De Witt's street grid.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Maxwell Street Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-07.


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