Catching Browns, White River, Photo by Lynn Baker
Fishing the White River at Cotter Bridge, Photo by Pearl Baker
Swimming Hole at Cotter Spring Park, Photo by Lynn Baker
Cotter Bridge and Railroad Bridge, Photo by Lynn Baker
Old Hotel in Cotter, Photo by Lynn Baker
Rainbow Arch Bridge
On the National Register of Historic Places, this bridge has become the symbol of Cotter. Designed by the Marsh Engineering Company and built by Bateman Contracting Company, the bridge is of the type known as a Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge.

The reinforced-concrete rainbow arch design was patented by James Marsh in 1912. Named decades later after the County Judge (R. M. Ruthven) who managed to obtain it, the span was a major factor in the development of transportation in north-central Arkansas.

The dedication of the new bridge in 1930 was an occasion still remembered by everyone who was over five years old on that day. The two-day celebration on the 11th and 12th of November saw Betty Ruthven, Judge Ruthven's daughter,
reign as Queen at the ceremony. *©

"I christen the bridge 'Progress' and dedicate it to 'Service.'"


*Photographs on this page are ©by Bill Jennings, former Cotter Mayor. All rights reserved.
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