calsfoundation@cals.org
January 17, 1929
The new Highway 22 bridge was dedicated, making the Dardanelle Pontoon Bridge obsolete. The Dardanelle Pontoon Bridge was the largest pontoon bridge in existence in the United States, crossing the Arkansas River between Dardanelle (Yell County) and Russellville (Pope County). A toll bridge, it opened for traffic in 1891 and lasted until the construction of a steel bridge replacement in 1929.