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Union Avenue Bridge #6
Photos
Sixth Melan Bridge On Tour Route, In Southern Area Of Park, Elevation View To The South
Photo taken by William A. II. Faust for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #313165
Description
The nine Melan arch viaducts on Union Avenue were an integral part of the overall tour route through Vicksburg National Military Park, providing visitors safe and easy access to points of interest, uniformity and continuity in the park landscape. Bridge No. 8, spanning the Illinois Central Railroad, was removed in the 1960s, leaving eight of the original nine bridges.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Small stream on Union Avenue
- Location
- Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1904
- Builder
- - William T. Young Bridge Co. of Nashville, Tennessee
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.33282, -90.86139 (decimal degrees)
32°19'58" N, 90°51'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/701290/3579336 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Vicksburg East
- Inventory number
- BH 65453 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 12, 2015: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HAER MS-14-A - Vicksburg National Military Park Roads & Bridges, Melan Arch Bridges, Spanning various tributaries at Confederate Avenue, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS