page_title: Arkansas Highway 51
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Arkansas Highway 51 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 1933 Parker Through Truss spanning the Ouachita River
context_page_description: Highway 51 is a designation for two north–south state highways in Southwest Arkansas. One route of 53.37 miles begins Highway 53 near Whelen Springs and runs north to US Highway 67 in Donaldson. A second route of 7.92 miles runs parallel to US 270 northwest of Malvern. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
  A four-mile-long historic section of Highway 51 remains in Clark County, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: Highway 51 was created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering as a route between US 67 and Arkadelphia in Clark County.
  Near Berine, a former alignment now bears the Clark County Road 12 designation. Along the former alignment, the McNeely Creek Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. To the east of Arkadelphia, Highway 51 formerly crossed the Ouachita River on a historic truss bridge. The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in 2018 upon the opening of a new bridge.
caption: Bridge that formerly carried Highway 51 over the Ouachita River
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