Helena Bridge
The Helena Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 49 across the Mississippi River between Helena, Arkansas and Lula, Mississippi. The main cantilever span was modeled on the similar Benjamin G.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beech Street Historic District and Centennial Baptist Church.
Beech Street Historic District
Historic site
Photo: Valis55, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beech Street Historic District is a large residential historic district on the west side of the Helena section of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas. The district's spine is Beech Street, extending roughly from Phillips Street in the south to McDonough Street in the north, and widens out to include about three blocks each of college, Poplar, and Columbia Streets at its northern end. Beech Street Historic District is situated 2½ miles north of Helena Bridge.
Centennial Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Centennial Baptist Church is a historic church building at the corner of York and Columbia Streets in Helena, Arkansas. It is significant for its association with Elias Camp Morris, who was the pastor of the church from 1879 and who was a driving force in the establishment of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Centennial Baptist Church is situated 2 miles north of Helena Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helena and Helena-West Helena.
Helena
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Helena is the eastern portion of Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Helena-West Helena
Town
Helena–West Helena is the county seat of and the largest city within Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. The current city was consolidated, effective January 1, 2006, from the two Arkansas cities of Helena and West Helena. Helena-West Helena is situated 3½ miles northwest of Helena Bridge.
West Helena
Suburb
West Helena is the western portion of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, this portion of the city population was 8,689. West Helena is situated 4½ miles northwest of Helena Bridge.
Helena Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge crossing the lower Mississippi River
- Categories: cantilever bridge and transportation
- Location: Township of Saint Francis, Phillips, Arkansas, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.49678° or 34° 29′ 48″ northLongitude
-90.58843° or 90° 35′ 18″ westOpen location code
866FFCW6+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 707247503OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q12059813
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Helena Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “海伦娜大桥”
- Chinese: “海倫娜大橋”
- Korean: “헬레나브리지”
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