Beech Street (Texarkana, Arkansas)

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Historic brick roadway listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: c. 1904
Areas of significance: Engineering; Transportation
Length: about 3,425 feet
Also known as: Beech Street Brick Street (NRHP name)
Date added to NRHP: 5/22/2007
Other designations: contributing property to the Beech Street Historic District
Notes: This section of brick roadway represents one of the solutions that was used in response to increased traffic in the early days of the automobile. Around this time, most roads were unpaved dirt or gravel roads, and brick was sometimes used as a paving method to hold up better to higher levels of traffic.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_Street_Brick_Street
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Coordinates:   33°26'28"N   94°2'21"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago