Old Arkansas Highway 22

 road, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, bridge

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Historic segment of paved highway listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1930
Builders: Schultz Construction Co. (Fort Smith, AR - road paving); Cook & Ransom (Ottawa, KS - road grading and bridge construction)
Areas of significance: Engineering; Transportation
Length: about 1.5 miles
Date added to NRHP: 9/27/2003
Other designations: part of the Arkansas Highway History and Architecture Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This is a well-preserved asphalt-paved old alignment of Arkansas Highway 22. The segment's current designations are Rainwater Loop for the southern section and Arkansas Highway 197 for the northern section. The road, which crosses the new alignment of Highway 22 at one point, includes a bridge that crosses the Silversmith Branch.