Suspension Bridges of Arkansas

This is a list of all 27 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory for Arkansas in USA. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1894: Swinging

Eureka Springs vicinity, Arkansas, USA - King's River
Bridgemeister ID:1822 (added 2005-05-21)
Year Completed:1894
Name:Swinging
Location:Eureka Springs vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:King's River
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:2
Main Spans:2 x 76.8 meters (252 feet)

1905: Pangburn

Pangburn, Arkansas, USA - Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:7785 (added 2023-08-18)
Year Completed:1905
Name:Pangburn
Location:Pangburn, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Little Red River
Coordinates:35.437946 N 91.845140 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed, 1958
Main Cables:Wire
Main Span:1
Side Spans:2

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1912: Miller

Miller, Cleburne County, Arkansas, USA - Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:1073 (added 2003-12-27)
Year Completed:1912
Name:Miller
Location:Miller, Cleburne County, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Little Red River
Principals:Henry Churchill
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Inundated
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 114.3 meters (375 feet) estimated
Deck width:~10 feet

Notes:

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1912: Tumbling Shoals

Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas, USA - Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:1072 (added 2003-12-27)
Year Completed:1912
Name:Tumbling Shoals
Location:Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Little Red River
Principals:Henry Churchill
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 134.1 meters (440 feet) estimated

Notes:

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1912: Winkley

Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA - Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:127 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1912
Name:Winkley
Also Known As:Swinging
Location:Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Little Red River
Coordinates:35.489833 N 91.973918 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Henry Churchill
References:GBD
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Collapsed, 1989
Main Cables:Wire
Main Span:1 x 167.6 meters (550 feet)

Notes:

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Postcard, collection of David Denenberg

1914: Swinging

Allison, Arkansas, USA - South Sylamore Creek
Bridgemeister ID:5856 (added 2021-05-15)
Year Completed:1914
Name:Swinging
Location:Allison, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:South Sylamore Creek
Coordinates:35.935672 N 92.121123 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular
Status:Replaced, 1943
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:


1925: Powhatan

Powhatan, Arkansas, USA - Black River
Bridgemeister ID:144 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1925
Name:Powhatan
Location:Powhatan, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Black River
Principals:Austin Bridge Co.
References:AAJ, AUB
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 116.4 meters (382 feet)

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1928: Des Arc

Des Arc, Arkansas, USA - White River
Bridgemeister ID:152 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1928
Name:Des Arc
Also Known As:Swinging
Location:Des Arc, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:White River
Coordinates:34.974811 N 91.487684 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Austin Bridge Co
References:AUB, PTS2
Use:Vehicular
Status:Demolished, August 1970
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Span:1 x 198.1 meters (650 feet)
Side Spans:2 x 97.5 meters (320 feet)

Notes:

  • The coordinates provided here indicate the approximate alignment of the bridge, about 0.5 miles southeast of the current (2020s) Des Arc White River crossing. The bridge delivered traffic near the east end of East Chester Street in Des Arc.

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1936: (suspension bridge)

Black Rock vicinity, Randolph County and Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA - Spring River
Bridgemeister ID:1075 (added 2003-12-27)
Year Completed:1936
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Black Rock vicinity, Randolph County and Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Spring River
Coordinates:36.13987 N 91.08400 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:WPA
Use:Vehicular
Status:Derelict (last checked: 2005)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Main Span:1 x 91.4 meters (300 feet) estimated

Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

1940: Clear Creek Swinging

Pyatt vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Clear Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1954 (added 2005-11-04)
Year Completed:1940
Name:Clear Creek Swinging
Location:Pyatt vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Clear Creek
Coordinates:36.2098 N 92.8598 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:WPA
Use:Vehicular
Status:Replaced, 1975
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

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1941: Haggard Ford

Harrison vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Bear Creek
Bridgemeister ID:199 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1941
Name:Haggard Ford
Location:Harrison vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Bear Creek
Coordinates:36.3458 N 93.1305 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:WPA, Jess Chaney
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Restricted to foot traffic (last checked: 2007)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 48.8 meters (160 feet)

Notes:

  • Located about eight miles north of Harrison. According to plaque at bridge, restored 1977.
  • Gene McCluney writes: "I visited this bridge [in the Summer of 2007] and talked to an adjacent landowner a couple weeks ago. It seems this bridge was closed in 1962 due to instability in one of the piers, and the crossing reverted to a ford or low water crossing until about four years ago when the new vehicular bridge was built. So, there was a suspension bridge in-use there for 20 years, then 40 years of "low water" type crossing, then just recently a new vehicle bridge."
  • Similar to (suspension bridge) - Leslie vicinity, Arkansas, USA.

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Photo by David Denenberg

1943: Swinging

Allison, Arkansas, USA - South Sylamore Creek
Bridgemeister ID:5857 (added 2021-05-15)
Year Completed:1943
Name:Swinging
Location:Allison, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:South Sylamore Creek
Coordinates:35.935874 N 92.121329 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Destroyed, December 3, 1982
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:


1949: Beaver

Beaver, Arkansas, USA - White River
Bridgemeister ID:200 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1949
Name:Beaver
Location:Beaver, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:White River
At or Near Feature:Table Rock Reservoir
Coordinates:36.4708 N 93.76856 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Pioneer Construction Co., Arkansas State Highway Department
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Closed, October, 2021 (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Span:1 x 95.1 meters (312 feet)
Side Spans:2 x 32 meters (105 feet)
Deck width:11.1 feet

Notes:

  • 1981: Deck replaced.
  • 1990: Added to National Register of Historic Places
  • 2002: Deck replaced.
  • 2020: Timber deck and railings replaced, September.
  • 2021, October: Closed again for repairs.

External Links:

Photo by David Denenberg

1949: Higden

Higden vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:1821 (added 2005-05-21)
Year Completed:1949
Name:Higden
Location:Higden vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Little Red River
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • The Arkansas History Commission's image archive contains an image of this bridge. The abstract mentions the bridge "is a temporary 'low-water' bridge built when the old suspension bridge nearby was declared unsafe"

1985: Sylamore Creek

Allison, Arkansas, USA - South Sylamore Creek
Bridgemeister ID:202 (added before 2003)
Year Completed:1985
Name:Sylamore Creek
Also Known As:Swinging
Location:Allison, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:South Sylamore Creek
Coordinates:35.936067 N 92.121528 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 61 meters (200 feet)

Notes:

  • Some references locate this bridge over North Sylamore Creek and most have it "north of Mountain View". The bridge is located over South Sylamore Creek about one-half mile due west of Allison, Arkansas on what is now Stone County route 283 and appropriately named Swinging Bridge Road.
  • Replaced 1943 Swinging - Allison, Arkansas, USA.

External Links:

Photo by David Denenberg

2015: Aux Arc Wilderness

Marshall, Arkansas, USA - Rush Creek
Bridgemeister ID:5558 (added 2020-12-18)
Year Completed:2015
Name:Aux Arc Wilderness
Location:Marshall, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Rush Creek
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:In use, 2019
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 28.7 meters (94 feet)

(footbridge)

Blackburn vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Lee Creek
Bridgemeister ID:911 (added 2003-10-11)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Blackburn vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Lee Creek
At or Near Feature:Devil's Den State Park
Coordinates:35.777113 N 94.253950 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, April, 2004
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • An April 28, 2004 AP wire story mentions: "Weekend flooding did an estimated $3 million in damage at Devil's Den State Park... A suspension bridge at the park was taken down by the flood waters." It appears to have since been rebuilt.
  • Replaced by (footbridge) - Blackburn vicinity, Arkansas, USA.

(footbridge)

Blackburn vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Lee Creek
Bridgemeister ID:2495 (added 2003-10-11)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Blackburn vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Lee Creek
At or Near Feature:Devil's Den State Park
Coordinates:35.777184 N 94.254335 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2008)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:


(footbridge)

East End vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Mary Lake
Bridgemeister ID:1638 (added 2005-03-13)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:East End vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Mary Lake
At or Near Feature:Carmelite Novitiate
Coordinates:34.538468 N 92.342199 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Extant (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 42 meters (137.8 feet) estimated

Photo by Wayne Grodkiewicz

(footbridge)

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Bridgemeister ID:2414 (added 2007-12-31)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
At or Near Feature:Lake Catherine State Park
Coordinates:34.429010 N 92.910986 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2018)
Main Cables:Chain
Suspended Spans:1

(footbridge)

Russellville, Arkansas, USA - Prairie Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1320 (added 2004-04-25)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Russellville, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Prairie Creek
At or Near Feature:Bona Dea Trails System
Coordinates:35.301683 N 93.159617 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Only towers remain (last checked: 2011)
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Destroyed (or dismantled) sometime between 2005 and 2009.
Photo by Wayne Grodkiewicz

(pipeline bridge)

Curtis vicinity, Arkansas, USA - South Boat Ditch
Bridgemeister ID:2432 (added 2008-04-22)
Name:(pipeline bridge)
Location:Curtis vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:South Boat Ditch
Use:Pipeline
Status:Extant (last checked: 2008)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Photo by Fred Garcia

(pipeline bridge)

Fulton, Arkansas, USA - Red River
Bridgemeister ID:1820 (added 2005-05-21)
Name:(pipeline bridge)
Location:Fulton, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Red River
Coordinates:33.60368 N 93.81316 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Pipeline
Status:Extant (last checked: 2007)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Span:1
Side Spans:2

Notes:

  • Call numbers ECD0860-1 and ECD0860-2 of the Arkansas History Commission's image archives show this large pipeline bridge.

External Links:

Photo by Fred Garcia

(pipeline bridge)

Redfield, Arkansas, USA - Arkansas River
Bridgemeister ID:4951 (added 2020-08-08)
Name:(pipeline bridge)
Location:Redfield, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Arkansas River
Coordinates:34.480073 N 92.124041 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Pipeline
Status:Extant (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

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(suspension bridge)

Leslie vicinity, Arkansas, USA - Middle Fork Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:2363 (added 2007-09-08)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Leslie vicinity, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Middle Fork Little Red River
Coordinates:35.81585 N 92.55011 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Status:Derelict (last checked: 2007)
Main Cables:Wire

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(suspension bridge)

Leslie, Arkansas, USA - Middle Fork Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:2661 (added 2019-03-09)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Leslie, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Middle Fork Little Red River
Coordinates:35.815960 N 92.550206 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Derelict (last checked: 2019)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Notes:


Swinging

Walcott, Arkansas, USA - Dancing Rabbit Arroyo
Bridgemeister ID:7203 (added 2022-07-07)
Name:Swinging
Location:Walcott, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Dancing Rabbit Arroyo
At or Near Feature:Crowley's Ridge State Park
Coordinates:36.043750 N 90.666000 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2022)
Main Cables:Chain (steel)
Main Span:1
Side Spans:2

Notes:

  • The park's trail guides mention two swinging bridges on the same trail, but it's unclear if the second bridge, perhaps 500 feet south of the coordinates for the bridge given here, is actually a suspension bridge.


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