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Rock Creek Bridge

Lauderdale County, Mississippi

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Rock Creek Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2011

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BH Photo #196906

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Description 

This bridge was abandoned in place and a new alignment of Meehan-Savoy road was built, including a new bridge. The old bridge may still be reached from the south end by driving down the old alignment (now a dead-end road where a few homes are located). The old road is barricaded at the bridge. The bridge is intact but in poor condition.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Rock Creek on former Meehan Savoy Road
Location
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Status
Bypassed by new bridge
History
Built 1917; bypassed 2000
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 116.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.31922, -88.86563   (decimal degrees)
32°19'09" N, 88°51'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/324380/3577348 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Meehan
Inventory number
BH 41334 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,681)
Built 1917 (640)
Built during 1910s (9,686)
Lauderdale County, Mississippi (16)
Mississippi (693)
Owned by county (20,879)
Pony truss (16,265)
 Pratt pony truss (3,658)
Pratt truss (9,361)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,111)
Structurally deficient (14,089)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,192)
Truss (33,029)

Update Log 

  • September 20, 2010: Updated by Jared Rainer: Updated/Corrected Information
  • March 15, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Jared Rainer - chumrain [at] bayspringstel [dot] net
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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