Video: Historic Old River Bridge returns to Saline County, nears reopening

SALINE COUNTY, Ark. – A long-time project in Saline County will receive its formal opening with a June ribbon-cutting.

Officials with the county announced that the Old River Bridge is scheduled for a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 24. Standing on the banks of the Saline River, the bridge is at the end of Airline Drive in Benton, near the 2215 address.

The Old River Bridge first opened on July 15, 1891, and served for decades before being taken out of commission on April 12, 1974, when a truck hauling concrete bricks fell through its floor.

In 2021, the bridge was disassembled and relocated from its original location to Lansing, Michigan, to a bridge restoration specialist. The bridge returned to Saline

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