Greenville-Lake Village Bridge
Photos
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Wide angle view Photo taken by David Miles |
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Overview Photo taken by AHTD |
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East Portal Photo taken by David Backlin in April 2009 |
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West Portal Photo taken by David Backlin in April 2009 |
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West Approach Photo taken by David Backlin in April 2009 |
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North Abutment Photo taken by David Backlin in April 2009 |
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Plaque Close-up Photo taken by David Backlin in April 2009 |
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Approaching West Portal Photo taken by David Backlin in August 2010 |
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West End Photo taken by David Backlin in August 2010 |
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View from Below Photo taken by David Backlin in August 2010 |
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Below West Approach Photo taken by David Backlin in August 2010 |
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Support Braces Photo taken by David Backlin in August 2010 |
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 82 between Greenville and Lake Village
- Status
- Closed to all traffic, pending demolition
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for demolition
- History
- Opened to traffic Sept. 17, 1940; Closed to all traffic August 4, 2010 to prepare for demolition
- Builders
- - Ash-Howard-Needles & Tammen
- Burdine Construction Co
- F.V. Ragsdale Co
- R.T. Council
- W.G. Cook
- Design
- Cantilevered Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 839.6 ft.
Total length: 9,967.3 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.2 ft.
- Also called
- Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.29315, -91.15959 (decimal degrees)
33°17'35" N, 91°09'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/671363/3685297 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Red Leaf
- Inventory number
- BH 10250 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 11/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.8 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 5,600
Update Log
- August 7, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Bridge is now closed, pending demolition
- August 3, 2010: New photos from David Backlin
- July 29, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Merged NBI data
- April 7, 2010: New Street View added by David Backlin
- February 26, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Updated status
- December 9, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: To be removed Summer 2010
- April 14, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Added contractors
- April 13, 2009: Updated by David Backlin
- August 26, 2008: New photo from AHTD
- April 18, 2006: Posted photo from David Miles
Sources
- David Miles - imchillindave [at] yahoo [dot] com
- AHTD
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
Comments
I hope the demolition contractors spare historic items like the builders' plaques. Noting, despite some changes over the years, both new and old bridges were built by the same firm. The new bridge looks sweepingly sleek.
Yes, it is downstream. I just visited this bridge on January 1 and took a few pictures. It's rather interesting how the main span is flat. Most major river bridges I've been over have at least a slight arch to them, unless they come off a bluff. I've always been a fan of these big through-trusses.
Here's the picture I use as a Windows desktop:
Isn't the new bridge a half=mile DOWNSTREAM from the old one????????????????
photos taken 2007
This bridge will be demolished when the new bridge and its aproaches are complete. Probably some time next year.
The 1940 Benjamin Humphreys Bridge will be coming down in 2008 or 2009 and is replaced to a new bridge slightly upstream.