The Big Piney Creek Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 123 across Big Piney Creek in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, northeast of Hagarville, Arkansas. Its main span is a Warren through truss structure, 141 feet (43 m) in length, with steel deck girder approach spans giving the bridge a total length of 461 feet (141 m). The trusses are mounted on concrete piers. The bridge was built in 1931, during a period of financial hardship, and was for economic reasons built with a single-lane 12-foot (3.7 m) roadway.[2]
Big Piney Creek Bridge | |
 HAER photo, 1988 | |
  Location in Arkansas  Location in United States | |
| Location |  AR 123, northeast of Hagersville, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°40′38″N 93°14′07″W / 35.67722°N 93.23528°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1931 |
| Built by | Fred Luttjohann |
| Architect | Arkansas Highway & Transportation |
| Architectural style | Warren through truss |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000506[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1990 |
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AR-22, "Big Piney Creek Bridge, Spanning Big Piney Creek at State Highway 123, Fort Douglas, Johnson County, AR", 10 photos, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page