Eight Mile Creek Bridge, Spanning Eight Mile Creek at U.S. Highway 49, Paragould, Greene County, AR

Significance: The Eight Mile Creek Bridge is an excellent example of a single-span pony Pratt steel truss bridge that historically was a very common bridge type in Arkansas. This bridge was constructed as part of a larger bridge improvement project that included sixteen bridges on the Paragould-Corning Road in Greene County from the Paragould city limits to the Clay County boundary, thirteen miles north. It clearly demonstrates the advancements made in steel truss design and engineering by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department through the 1920s.
Survey number: HAER AR-17
Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction