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Sebastian County Road 4G Bridge

Sebastian County, US

Sebastian County Road 4G Bridge

The Sebastian County Road 4G Bridge is a historic bridge in rural Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. The bridge carries County Road 4 (West Harmony Road) across an unnamed tributary of Sugar Loaf Creek southwest of West Hartford, between County Roads 1 and 243. It has two spans with a total

length of 44 feet (13 m). The width is 18 feet (5.5 m) curb-to-curb and 21 feet (6.4 m) overall. The two spans rest on a single center stone pier, and both abutments are also made of stone masonry. The road deck is reinforced concrete with simple concrete railings on the sides. Built in 1940, it is a well-preserved example of a concrete bridge from the World War II era of bridge construction in the state, when steel had become scarce. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. In 1939, Sebastian County official decided to request the assistance of the New Deal Depression-era public relief agencies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to improve rural roads throughout the county. The Works Progress Administration approved funding of $1,226,362 on December 11, 1939, for a county-wide project to "improve roads, including clearing; grubbing; excavating and grading...

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