Clinton Presidential Park Bridge - Little Rock, AR - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

Originally this 1,614 foot long bridge was built in 1899 for the Choctaw and Memphis Railroad which was acquired by the Rock Island a few years later, and it became known as the Rock Island Bridge. In 1972 the lift span was added, converting it to a vertical lift bridge. Due to the 1980 bankruptcy of the Rock Island and change in ownership of the bridge, it fell into disuse. In 2001 The Clinton Foundation agreed to renovate the bridge as a pedestrian and cyclist bridge. The work was completed in 2011 when it was renamed the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge.

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William Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A Native of Hope Arkansas, he was a five time governor of Arkansas. Defeated the incumbent, George H W Bush, in the 1992 Presidential election. During his Presidency the U.S. economy had one of its longest period of peacetime economic expansion ever. Second term marred by his impeachment and trial over the Lewinsky scandal, as well as a number of pardons issued on his last day in office.

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