Rating:
48509
{48}%
3 votes
Big Black River Bridge
Photo
Bridge Pier
Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2011
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BH Photo #196170
Description
Likely built as part of the Dixie Overland Highway (later US 80) and was abandoned when the R.H. Henry Bridge was built.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Big Black River on Dixie Overland Highway/ original alignment of US 80
- Location
- Warren County, Mississippi, and Hinds County, Mississippi
- Status
- Lost
- History
- Likely abandoned circa 1929
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.34679, -90.70497 (decimal degrees)
32°20'48" N, 90°42'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/715982/3581190 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bovina
- Inventory number
- BH 48509 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 19, 2014: Updated by David Backlin: Changed from railraod bridge to highway bridge based on research by Steve Varner
- December 5, 2012: New photo from Jared Mixson
- March 27, 2011: Added by David Backlin
Warrior's Trail / Dixie Overland Highway / US 80 (pre-1929).
Photos taken December 2003.