I spent saturday at the "Golden Gate of the Ozarks" in Beaver Arkansas. It is a "swinging" or suspension bridge and is the last one in Arkansas open to vehicular traffic and is referred to as "the bridge to nostalgia".
Here are some fun bridge facts from BridgeHunter,
"Overview
Suspension bridge over White River (Table Rock Reservoir) on AR 187 at Beaver, Carroll County, Arkansas
Status
Open to one-lane traffic with a 10 ton weight limit
History
Built 1949 by the Pioneer Construction Co.
Wire suspension
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 311.9 ft.
Total length: 554.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1990"
Enjoy the photos.
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there's a really nice postcard Tommy Thompson did of the bridge when I was a child. He sadly passed away i think of cancer. There's also a collectors stamp issued by the USPS of that bridge. I got a copy of it at the festival they had. You should go back to the bridge when the flowers bloom next to it, v. stunning.
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