In 1929, a new steel bridge replaced the pontoon bridge that had been used for 38 years across the Arkansas River at Dardanelle.
The 1929 bridge was replaced with the current bridge in the early 70s.
(Above) The current Dardanelle Bridge under construction in 1971, next to the steel bridge it replaced.
Note the bridge work on the right side of the above image from the late 1920s. Downstream of the 19th-century pontoon bridge, this is where the 1929 bridge would go. It’s a temporary construction used during the building of the piers that would support the new *free bridge.
*The pontoon bridge was a toll bridge. The new steel bridge completed in 1929 was free.
(Above) Note the pontoon bridge in the background!
