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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 ...
To highlight the Brooklyn Bridge's cultural status, the city proposed building a Brooklyn Bridge museum near the bridge's Brooklyn end in the 1970s. [396] Though the museum was ultimately not constructed, as many as 10,000 drawings and documents relating to it were found in a carpenter shop in Williamsburg in 1976. [ 397 ]
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
The Mississippi River, Hernando de Soto Bridge and the Memphis skyline are seen from the roof of the Sterick Building during a tour of the building in Downtown Memphis, on Thursday, October 19, 2023.
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation Monday released plans to replace the Interstate 55 "Old Bridge," from Memphis to Arkansas. Rebuilding the bridge is projected to cost $250 million, and ...
Long-hidden space under Brooklyn Bridge reopens after 15 years — and public is in awe: ‘Huge for the community’ Desheania Andrews, Steve Janoski November 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
TN-14: 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