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Hopewell Bridge
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Hopewell Bridge
Simpson County News: April 26 1979
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BH Photo #460856
Description
Damaged in the Easter Flood of 1979 and replaced 4 years later.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Pearl River on Hopewell Road
- Location
- Copiah County, Mississippi, and Simpson County, Mississippi
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Replaced 1983
- Design
- 10-panel, pinned Camelback through truss
8-panel, pinned Pratt through truss approach
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.95530, -90.19010 (decimal degrees)
31°57'19" N, 90°11'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/765586/3538929 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 87229 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 17, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- November 17, 2019: Added by Tony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com