Photos 

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HAER photo: Overview

This Historic American Engineering Record photo shows the bridge from the side [HAER photo taken August 1972 by Jack E. Boucher]
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HAER photo: Underneath

This later HAER color photo shows the arch from below [HAER photo taken 1997 by William A. Faust]

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

Map links:

Facts 

Overview
Lost arch-truss bridge within Vicksburg National Military Park on Confederate Avenue over Jackson Road and South Fork Glass Bayou in Vicksburg
Location
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
Status
Removed after 1997, but brick abutments remain
History
Built 1903 by the Penn Bridge Co.
Builder
- Penn Bridge Co.
Design
Steel arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 2002
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.36147, -90.84615   (decimal degrees)
32°21'41" N, 90°50'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/702660/3582542 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Vicksburg East
Inventory numbers
NRHP 88002483 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 22943 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • February 24, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added NRHP record number

Sources 

  • HAER MS-12 - Steel Bridge, Spanning Jackson Road at Confederate Avenue
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments 

Confederate Avenue Steel Bridge
Posted September 7, 2007, by JO (bludolphinsupply [at] gmail [dot] com)

I like this bridge!!!! it reminds me of my daily walks across our 450ft pratt truss arch bridge[similar to this one]! nice work guys!!!!