A 150-foot-long swinging bridge and tourist attraction in Johnson County known as the Catalpa Swinging Bridge has been swept away by floodwaters due to the recent rains.
The hiking bridge, which in some form has spanned the Mulberry River for about a century between two Johnson County towns of Oark and Catalpa, was destroyed Saturday.
Denise Gosnell, who works at Oark General Store, says she checked on the bridge Saturday afternoon and found that part of it was already submerged in water.
She captured video of the bridge as it was swept away by the swollen Mulberry River later that afternoon
Gosnell says tourists make the trip to Johnson County and hike the swinging bridge, 2.7 miles to east of the general store.
Over the years, the bridge has periodically been destroyed by floods. The bridge was also destroyed in 2014 and 2015.
(Thanks to Denise Gosnell and the Oark Cafe for sharing their video of this event.)
