Fort Smith Free Bridge

Opening of the Million Dollar Free Bridge across the Arkansas River at Fort Smith (Sebastian County) to traffic in May 1922. The bridge was the fourth to span the Arkansas River at Fort Smith.

Crowd of people crossing a concrete bridge with buildings in the foreground with sign "Albert Pike Highway"

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Cities and Towns / Counties, Cities, and Towns / Sebastian

Type

Thing

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