# Springfield Bridge

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The **Springfield Bridge** is a historic [bowstring truss bridge](/source/Bowstring_truss_bridge), located in Beaverfork Lake Park in [Conway, Arkansas](/source/Conway,_Arkansas), USA. It originally spanned Cadron Creek in rural [Faulkner County](/source/Faulkner_County,_Arkansas) east of [Springfield](/source/Springfield,_Arkansas). It is 188 feet (57 m) long, set on stone abutments, with tubular metal top [chords](/source/Chord_(truss_construction)) that rise 15 feet (4.6 m) above the bottom chords. Built circa 1871–74, it is the oldest documented highway bridge in the state and its only documented bowstring arch bridge.[2]

The bridge was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1988.[1] In 2015, the Faulkner County Historical Society began a drive to relocate the bridge as part of a local trail network. The bridge has suffered from neglect due to its remote location as well as damage by fire and vandalism. The bridge was moved to its present location in 2017.

## See also

- [List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Arkansas](/source/List_of_bridges_documented_by_the_Historic_American_Engineering_Record_in_Arkansas)
- [List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas](/source/List_of_bridges_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Arkansas)
- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Faulkner County, Arkansas](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Faulkner_County,_Arkansas)

## References

1. ["NRHP nomination for Springfield Bridge"](https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/FA0852-pdf). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-22.

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