Edgemere Street Bridge

The Edgemere Street Bridge is a historic bridge in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It carries Edgemere Street over a small part of Lakewood Lake Number Three. It is a masonry structure with closed spandrels, and has a span of about 18 feet (5.5 m) and a total length of 57 feet (17 m). It is built out of rustic, roughly squared fieldstone, that is laid in uncoursed fashion. Vertical columns project from either side of the spandrels, rising above the deck level to form a decorative parapet. It was built, along with the similar Lakeshore Drive Bridge as part of the innovative Lakewood Development project of developer Justin Matthews in the 1930s.[2]

Edgemere Street Bridge
HAER photo, 1988
Edgemere Street Bridge is located in Arkansas
Edgemere Street Bridge
Location in Arkansas
Edgemere Street Bridge is located in the United States
Edgemere Street Bridge
Location in United States
LocationEdgemere Street at Lake No. 3, North Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°47′40″N 92°15′0″W
Arealess than one acre
Built byMetropolitan Trust Company
ArchitectFrank Carmean
Architectural styleClosed-spandrel deck arch
MPSHistoric Bridges of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.90000533[1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1990

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Edgemere Street Bridge". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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