Old U.S. Route 71 (Little River approach)

Old US 71-Little River Approach
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Ben Lomond, Arkansas
Area	6.8 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1934
MPS	Arkansas Highway History and Architecture MPS
NRHP Reference #	04000493[1]
Added to NRHP	May 26, 2004

Old US 71-Little River Approach is a largely abandoned section of an old alignment of U.S. Route 71 (US 71) in southern Sevier County, Arkansas. Now designated Ashley Camp Road, it is a 2.75-mile-long (4.43 km) section of road, extending south from Arkansas Highway 234 to the Little River. It parallels the existing alignment of US 71, which travels to the west of this road section. The road is 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, with no shoulder, and was built in 1934 of Bates-style concrete, notable for its embedded reinforcing rods. The road was built on fill-in order to raise it above the floodplain of the Little River, and includes five period bridges built as reliefs in the event of river flooding. It is the longest and most-intact section of the original US 71 alignment in the county.^[2]

The roadway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

See also

• Old U.S. Route 71 (Ashdown, Arkansas)
• Old U.S. Route 71 (Greenland, Arkansas)
• Old U.S. Route 71 (Jenny Lind, Arkansas)
• Old U.S. Route 71 (Ogden, Arkansas)
• Old U.S. Route 71 (Wilton, Arkansas)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sevier County, Arkansas

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. Staff (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "NRHP nomination for Old US 71-Little River Approach" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved October 10, 2014.