Vicksburg I-20 Bridge

Photos 

Eastern tower

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #108014

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Cantilevered through truss over the Mississippi River on I-20 at Vicksburg

Location

Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, and Madison Parish, Louisiana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1973

Design

Cantilevered Warren through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 870.1 ft.
Total length: 11,052.4 ft. (2.1 mi.)
Deck width: 60.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 31.4 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+32.31404, -90.90655   (decimal degrees)
32°18'51" N, 90°54'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/697079/3577170 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Vicksburg West

Inventory number

BH 22947 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 05/2015)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 43.3 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2014)

27,600

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 27, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• May 10, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: location adjustment
• March 5, 2012: New photos from Ben Tate
• May 19, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Updated NBI data
• April 1, 2009: New photo from Channin Rosenthal
• February 27, 2009: New photos from Bob Morgan

Related Bridges 

• Old Vicksburg Bridge (Upstream)

Sources 

• Wikipedia
• Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
• Channin Rosenthal
• Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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