February 12, 2011

The suspension bridge built at Tumbling Shoals (Cleburne County) over the Little Red River was one of three such bridges built in the area by Henry Churchill in about 1912. Measuring some 440 feet in length, the bridge was salvaged before the waters of Greers Ferry Lake covered its location in the 1960s. One of the other bridge sites was also covered by the waters; however, the third bridge remained in use until 1989, when it collapsed, killing five people.