Tombigbee River Bridge, Spanning Tombigbee River at State Highway 182, Columbus, Lowndes County, MS

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