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Clear Creek Bridge (1939)

Warren County, Mississippi

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West Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2009

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BH Photo #136120

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Clear Creek on Old Highway 80
Location
Warren County, Mississippi
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939 after previous bridge collapsed
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 240.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.34913, -90.70073   (decimal degrees)
32°20'57" N, 90°42'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/716376/3581459 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bovina
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
836
Inventory number
BH 41885 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 69 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (16,895)
Built 1939 (812)
Built during 1930s (12,173)
Have street view (28,927)
Mississippi (704)
Open (40,971)
 Owned by county (21,618)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Steel stringer (6,715)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,481)
US 80 (44)
Warren County, Mississippi (42)

Update Log 

  • May 20, 2018: New Street View added by David Backlin
  • March 27, 2009: Added by David Backlin

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Clear Creek Bridge
Posted April 14, 2018, by M C Toyer (mctoyer [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Signs Unveiled Honoring '39 Disaster (2014)

https://m.vicksburgpost.com/2014/03/30/signs-unveiled-honori...

Clear Creek Bridge
Posted April 14, 2018, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Very interesting. I drove over this bridge in November, but I had no idea what had happened here. The road to this bridge is a rough ride, but the bridges on the route are awesome!

Clear Creek Bridge
Posted April 13, 2018, by Bill Black (William [dot] Black [at] Berlin [dot] de)

Partial collapse March 29, 1939, with 15 fatalities. Traffic between Jackson and Vicksburg was re-routed officially via Utica on MS 18 and MS 3 (now MS 27), with the Askew Ferry Road/Freetown Road route also available.

Contemporary photo credit unknown.