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Tibbee Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Tibbee Creek on former Old Tibbee Rd.
- Location
- Clay County, Mississippi
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built 1896 by the Southern Bridge Co.; bypassed 2001
- Builder
- - Southern Bridge Co. of Birmingham, Alabama
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 426.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1988
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.53821, -88.63336 (decimal degrees)
33°32'18" N, 88°38'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/348343/3712150 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- West Point
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 88002411 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 48133 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 100 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- October 26, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- October 19, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
- September 30, 2014: New photo from Zachary S
- February 3, 2012: Updated by Ben Tate: Incorporated NBI info
- February 14, 2011: Added by C Hanchey
Sources
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Zachary S
Comments
Tibbee Bridge
First picture is looking north over the Tibbee River.
Second picture is looking south under the bridge.
Third picture is looking south.
Nov, 2013
Tibbee Bridge
I believe that my great-grandfather C P Matthews was the person that constructed this bridge while working for the Southern Steel Co.
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This is a significant find. A great Pratt truss was some angled lattice portal bracing. This one might even be wrought iron. I would not be surprised if it is composed of both Wrought Iron and Steel.
It makes me want to go Bridgehunting in Mississippi. When I drove across Mississippi in November of 2014, the Fall colors were really beautiful.