This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.

1949: Higden

Higden and Greers Ferry, Arkansas, USA - Little Red River
Bridgemeister ID:1821 (added 2005-05-21)
Year Completed:1949
Name:Higden
Location:Higden and Greers Ferry, Arkansas, USA
Crossing:Little Red River
Coordinates:35.571472 N 92.197972 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Location inundated when the Greers Ferry Lake reservoir was created in the 1960s.
  • The Arkansas History Commission's image archive contains an image of this bridge. The abstract mentions the bridge "is a temporary 'low-water' bridge built when the old suspension bridge nearby was declared unsafe"

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