Byram Bridge
Byram Bridge | |
32°10′35″N 90°14′37″W / 32.17639°N 90.24361°W / 32.17639; -90.24361 (Byram Bridge) | |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
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Built | 1905 |
Built by | Schuster & Jacob; Groome, W.H. & Son |
Architectural style | Twin-tower swinging sus. br. |
MPS | Swinging Suspension Bridges TR |
NRHP reference No. | 79003427[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 23, 1979 |
The Byram Bridge, spanning the Pearl River between Hinds County, Mississippi and Rankin County, Mississippi, is a historic bridge which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
The bridge was built in 1905 as a collaboration between merchants in Byram, Mississippi and Rankin County.[2] In 1987, the bridge was deemed unsafe for travel and was closed to traffic. The bridge was converted to a pedestrian footbridge in 2015.
It is located at Old Byram and Florence Rd. near Frenchs Store, Mississippi.
It is a swinging suspension bridge type of suspension bridge, with two towers, nearly 360 feet (110 m) in total length. The central span is about 200 feet (61 m).[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "There's Something Incredibly Unique About This One Swinging Bridge In Mississippi". OnlyInYourState. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ Jack A. Gold (July 20, 1978). "Historic Sites Survey: Byram Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1978
External links
Media related to Byram Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
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