List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River

Contents

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.

Crossings

Crossing Carries Location Coordinates Lat. Long.

Kentucky - Missouri
Dorena-Hickman Ferry [1] Hickman and Dorena

Tennessee - Missouri
Caruthersville Bridge I-155 / US-412 Dyersburg and Caruthersville

Tennessee - Arkansas
Hernando de Soto Bridge I-40 Memphis and West Memphis
Harahan Bridge Union Pacific Railroad [2]
Frisco Bridge BNSF Railway [3]
Memphis & Arkansas Bridge I-55 / US-61 / US-64 / US-70
Mississippi River Trail		 [4]

Mississippi - Arkansas
Helena Bridge US 49 Lula and Helena
Charles W. Dean Bridge (construction to begin in 2011) Future I-69 / US 278[5] Benoit and Arkansas City
Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge (closed summer 2010; to be demolished) Greenville and Lake Village
Greenville Bridge US 82 / US 278[5]

Mississippi - Louisiana
Old Vicksburg Bridge Former US 80
Kansas City Southern Railway		 Vicksburg and Delta
Vicksburg Bridge I-20 / US 80
Natchez-Vidalia Bridge US 84 / US 425 Natchez and Vidalia [6]

Louisiana
Angola Ferry LA 3190 Angola Prison and Lettsworth
John James Audubon Bridge LA 3057 St. Francisville and New Roads
Huey P. Long Bridge US 190
Kansas City Southern Railway		 Port Allen and Baton Rouge
Horace Wilkinson Bridge I-10
Plaquemine Ferry LA 75 Sunshine and Plaquemine
White Castle Ferry LA 3075 Carville and White Castle [7]
Sunshine Bridge LA 70 Donaldsonville and Sorrento
Gramercy Bridge
(Veterans Memorial Bridge)		 LA 3213 Wallace and Gramercy
Edgard-Reserve Ferry LA 640 Reserve and Edgard [8]
Luling Bridge
(Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge)		 I-310 Destrehan and Hahnville
Huey P. Long Bridge US 90
New Orleans Public Belt		 Harahan and Bridge City [9]
Jackson Avenue-Gretna Ferry New Orleans and Gretna [10]
Crescent City Connection
US 90 Bus. / I-910 (unsigned)		 New Orleans [11]
Canal Street Ferry [12]
Chalmette-Lower Algiers Ferry Chalmette and New Orleans
Belle Chasse-Scarsdale Ferry Scarsdale and Belle Chasse
Pointe à la Hache Ferry Pointe à la Hache and West Pointe à la Hache

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.dorena-hickmanferryboat.com/
  2. ^ "Harahan Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. April 30, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:49844. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  3. ^ "Frisco Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. April 30, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:49272. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  4. ^ "Memphis-Arkansas Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. April 30, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1293602. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  5. ^ a b U.S. 82 & 278 presently use the Humphreys Bridge (old Greenville Bridge); they will both move to the new Greenville Bridge when completed (2009-10). U.S. 278 will later move to the Dean Bridge when built (unknown).
  6. ^ "Natchez-Vidalia Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 4, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:537524. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  7. ^ "Carville=White Castle Ferry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. February 1, 1994. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:557108. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  8. ^ "Reserve-Edgard Ferry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 1994. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1629323. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  9. ^ "Huey P Long Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 4, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:535848. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  10. ^ "Jackson Avenue Gretna Ferry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 4, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:554855. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  11. ^ "Crescent City Connection". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 4, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:535375. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 
  12. ^ "Canal Street Algiers Ferry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 4, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:533701. Retrieved 2007-12-20. 

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