Tombigbee River Bridge, Spanning Tombigbee River at State Highway 182, Columbus, Lowndes County, MS
Summary
Significance: The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The bridge over the Tombigbee River at Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi was built in 1927 by the Mississippi State Highway Department (Mississippi Department of Transportation). It was built as a Federal Aid Project No. 60-A. The bridge linked U.S. Highway 82 with First Avenue (Main Street) on the east side of Columbus, Mississippi. The bridge was a replacement of an existing county bridge built in 1878. The 1927 bridge was part of a major artery of East-West traffic across North Mississippi.
Survey number: HAER MS-13
Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1993 Subsequent Work
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steel truss bridges
vehicular bridges
pony trusses
swing bridges
concrete girder bridges
concrete piers
transportation
columbus miss
tombigbee
bridge
tombigbee river bridge
tombigbee river
highway
state highway
columbus
lowndes
lowndes county
mississippi
hartford accident and indemnity company
historic american engineering record
mississippi highway department
s j riley
c l roshore
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library of congress
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Mississippi Highway Department
Riley, S J
Roshore, C L
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Location
Columbus (Miss.)
,
33.49324, -88.36069
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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