Photos
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Overview at dark Photo taken by Jeremy Clevenger |
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View from downtown at night Photo taken by Jonathan Maxwell |
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View from Mud Island View of I 40 bridge from Mud Island Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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View Mud Island Observation Deck View I 40 bridge from the Mud Island Observation Deck. Photo taken by Parents of David B. Haun in May 2008 |
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Another from Mud Island Another view of the I 40 bridge from Mud Island. Photo taken by Parents of David B. Haun in May 2008 |
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View of I 40 bridge with people View of the I 40 bridge from Mud Island With Al Haun and David B. Haun. Photo taken by Donna S Haun |
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View of I 40 Bridge View of I 40 bridge without much in the from Mud Island. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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View from Mud Island River Walk View of I 40 bridge Mud Island River Walk. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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View from Mud Island with building View of the I 40 bridge with a building at Mud Island. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding Across Arkansas Side Approach Riding across Eastbound Arkansas Side approach. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding Across Arkansas Side Approach Riding across Eastbound Arkansas side approach. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding Across Eastbound Arkansas Side Approach Riding across Eastbound Arkansas side approach continued. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding Across Eastbound near Portal Riding across Eastbound near the Arkansas Portal. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding across Eatbouund Riding across Eastbound near the Arkansas Portal. Photo taken by Donna Haun in May 2008 |
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Truss span of the I 40 bridge Truss Span of the I 40 bridge at Memphis. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Behind the Tennessee portal Riding across behind the Tennessee Portal. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding across Tennessee Approach Riding across Tennessee approach. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Hernando Desoto Bridge with the Marina in the foreground Photo taken by Channin Rosenthal in Sept 2008 |
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Photo taken by Channin Rosenthal in Sept 2008 |
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Photo taken by Channin Rosenthal in July 2007 |
Facts
- Overview
- Two-span steel through arch bridge over the Mississippi River on I-40 at Memphis
- Location
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1973
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 899.7 ft.
Total length: 9,432.6 ft.
Deck width: 85.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.6 ft.
- Also called
- Hernando DeSoto Bridge (official name)
The New Bridge (common name) - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.15167, -90.07000 (decimal degrees)
35°09'06" N, 90°04'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/766912/3893793 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Northwest Memphis
- Inventory number
- BH 32700 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 05/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 58.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 50,730
Update Log
- April 1, 2009: New photos from Channin Rosenthal
- June 3, 2008: New photos from David B. Haun
- May 22, 2006: Posted additional photo from Jonathan Maxwell
Sources
- Jeremy Clevenger - j_s_clevenger [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Jonathan Maxwell - themaxwellshouse [at] roadrunner [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- David B. Haun - dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com
- Channin Rosenthal - ichfcr [at] aol [dot] com
Comments
It does have 4 lanes even though there is no emergency lane. The bridges in Cairo, Illinois are WAY scarier!! I love this bridge, mostly because I live in Memphis and I remember when they put the lights on the bridge. Sentimental reasons I guess.
This bridge is almost as bad as the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati but not that old. A Twin Structure ought to be built parallel to this one.
a photo
67.30 Sufficirncy rating
What is the rating of this bridge as of August, 2007. I have always been afraid on this one and the collapse in Minnesota has not helped.
There are no emergency pull-off lanes on this bridge. If a car stalls or stops for any reason, it stalls or stops in a traffic lane. There have been numerous crashes as a result of this deficiency. Many have resulted in fatalities. One crash, involving a DUI driver, sent a small child over the side of the bridge. He fell ~80' to his death.
What does this mean?
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
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Thx