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Overview: Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on I-55 at Memphis
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Built 1949
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 789.8 ft.
Total length: 5,220.7 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 2001
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.12751, -90.07567 (decimal degrees)
35°07'39" N, 90°04'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/766474/3891098 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Northwest Memphis
Inventory numbers: NRHP 01000139 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32699 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 2001): Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 48.90 (out of 100)

Update Log

September 25, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
February 13, 2005: Posted new photos

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James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

Comments

Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

Posted December 4, 2007, by crowleysridgegirl

The Hernando-DeSoto bridge shifted when supports were being driven around the pilings for retrofitting earthquake equipment.This ground is continually shifting due to the instability from the New Madrid Fault line.

Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

Posted September 20, 2007, by Ervin Hoffmeister (ervinhoff3 [at] suddenlink [dot] net)

This bridge may be old but it is sound!

The new Hernando DeSoo Memphis bridge carring Interstate 40 Trafic was just shut down for over nine hours on 8-27-07 because A pier on the Arkansas approach sank nearly 4 inches during construction.

I feel Newer is not Always better. They do not build bridges with pride like in the eaerly 1900's and thus they canot withstand any lane additions . You know as well contractors get bonues for coming under budget or faster buildg of the structure. So the job is just minimum. This bridge will still be standing probably 33 yaers from now if it is maintaned and will be nearly 100 years old.

Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

Posted August 5, 2007, by Boyd (Boyd [at] bigstring [dot] com)

This bridge is in need of replacing. It's old and very narrow especially for Interstate 55 Traffic. Its time to replace for a much newer bridge.

Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

Posted March 9, 2006, by joel adams (adamsjoel4 [at] aol [dot] com)

How long it took to build, this bridge?

How many lives were lost? While building this bridge?

How deep is the mississippi river?

How much it cost, to maintain the maintenance?