Rating:
39078
{91}%
4 votes
Maloney Circle Bridge
Photos
East Approach
Photo taken by David Backlin in October 2007
BH Photo #133784
Description
Although never incorporated as part of the tour road system in Vicksburg National Military Park, the bridge at Maloney Circle provides pedestrian access to historical markers and tablets commemorating persons and evens associated with Battery Maloney.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Arch bridge over Illinois Central RR on Maloney Circle in Vicksburg
- Location
- Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1908
- Builder
- - William T. Young Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
- Railroad
- - Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Design
- Arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.34129, -90.85003 (decimal degrees)
32°20'29" N, 90°51'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/702340/3580297 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Vicksburg East
- Inventory numbers
- FHWA Structure No. 5600-015T
BH 39078 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 12, 2015: HAER photos posted by Dave King
- February 21, 2012: New photos from Ben Tate
- February 19, 2009: New photos from David Backlin
- February 3, 2009: Added by David Backlin
Sources
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- HAER MS-14-B - Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Maloney Circle Bridge, Spanning Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
too bad it's not maintained