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The Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, also known as the Memphis–Arkansas Bridge or inaccurately as the Memphis–Arkansas Memorial Bridge, is a cantilevered through truss bridge [2] carrying Interstate 55 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee.
The bridge is named for 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who explored this stretch of the Mississippi River and died south of Memphis. [8] Hernando de Soto Bridge illuminated at night in 2015. At night, the bridge was illuminated by 200 sodium vapor lights along its "M" structure. The bridge was first illuminated on September 5 ...
The bridge in 2022. The Frisco Bridge, previously known as the Memphis Bridge, is a cantilevered through truss bridge [2] carrying a rail line across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee.
Hernando de Soto Bridge (2007) The Memphis & Arkansas Bridge (December 17, 1949), carries Interstate 55 and has a pedestrian walkway. The bridge was built between 1945–1949 and is the longest Warren truss- style bridge in the United States. It is listed on the National Historic Register.
U.S. Route 70 (US 70) enters the state of Tennessee from Arkansas via the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, and runs west to east across 21 counties in all three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, with a total length of 478.48 miles (770.04 km), to end at the North Carolina state line in eastern Cocke County.
Chief John Ross Bridge Bascule bridge: Memphis & Arkansas Bridge: 1949 2001-02-16 Memphis: Shelby: Warren through truss bridge, carries I-55 across the Mississippi River. Montgomery Bell Tunnel: 1819 1994-04-19 White Bluff
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Lower Mississippi River from the Ohio River downstream to the Gulf of Mexico. Locations are listed with the left bank (moving downriver) listed first.
Memphis Bridge [a] Extant Cantilever: 1892 1985 BNSF Railway: Mississippi River: Memphis, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas: Shelby County, Tennessee, and Crittenden County, Arkansas: TN-15: Newsom's Mill Bridge Replaced Warren truss: 1904 1985