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The North Fork Bridge carries Arkansas Highway 5 over the North Fork River, or the North Fork of the White River, in Norfork, Arkansas, United States.It is a modern steel girder bridge, replacing a 1937 Warren deck truss bridge, which was the first road crossing of the North Fork River in Norfork.
But in 1938, the Federal Power Commission rescinded private licenses to construct dams while the government studied flood control in the White River basin. [5] A proposal for what would become Norfork Dam would inundate US Route 62 (US 62) during periods of high water, with the Corps offering a ferry service during these periods. [6]
The White River is a 722-mile (1,162 km) river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri. Originating in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, it arcs northwards through southern Missouri before turning back into Arkansas, flowing southeast to its mouth at the Mississippi River .
The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River [1] is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [4] tributary of the White River, into which it flows near Norfork, Arkansas.. It rises in the southwest corner of Texas County, at the southeast margin the city of Mountain Grove, and flows generally southwards through the southwest corner of Texas, eastern Douglas and Ozark counties. [5]
Norfork is the home of the Norfork School District. [5] Norfork High School was nationally recognized as a silver medalist and ranked No. 18 in Arkansas and No. 1,863 in the nation in the Best High Schools Report 2012 developed by U.S. News & World Report .
Arkansas River: Southwestern Power Administration: 1973 [23] Remmel: Hot Spring County: 12 3 52,620 [39] Ouachita River: Entergy: 1924 [28] White River Lock & Dam 1 Batesville: 4 1 15,727 [40] White River: Independence County: 2007 [41] White River Lock & Dam 2 Independence County: 4 1 15,077 [42] White River: Independence County: 2007 [41 ...
A bridge over the White River was commissioned, and the highway was rerouted onto the new bridge on October 25, 1972, matching its present-day alignment in the Norfork area. [5] The route was extended south along Push Mountain Road following a redesign of the highway on April 24, 1973 [6] and extended further on February 27, 1974. [7]
The following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).