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Newport Bridge, Spanning White River at State Highway 14, Newport, Jackson County, AR

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Newport Bridge, Spanning White River at State Highway 14, Newport, Jackson County, AR

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Significance: The 400-foot, double-cantilevered bridge at Newport was a major construction project in 1929-30. The bridge, along with two similar bridges at Augusta and Clarendon, Arkansas, was designed by renowned bridge engineer Ira G. Hedrick, and became part of a main interstate highway route.
Survey number: HAER AR-12
Building/structure dates: 1930 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hedrick, Ira G
Missouri Valley Iron & Bridge Company
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