| Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge | |
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 A photo of the bridge taken from the Arkansas side. |
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| Carries | 2 lanes of US 82 and US 278 |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Lake Village, Arkansas and Greenville, Mississippi |
| ID number | 0000000000M1536 |
| Design | Cantilever bridge |
| Longest span | 840 feet (256 m) |
| Total length | 9,957 feet (3,035 m) |
| Width | 24 feet (7 m) |
| Clearance below | 130 feet (40 m) |
| AADT | 7,200 |
| Opening date | October 4, 1940 |
| Destruction date | approx. US Route 82 is an east-west United States highway in the southern United States US Route 278 is a spur of US Route 78. It currently runs for 1074 Miles (1728 km) from Hilton Head Island South Carolina to Wickes The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Lake Village is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The National Bridge Inventory ( NBI) is a database compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all Bridges and Tunnels A cantilever bridge is a Bridge built using Cantilevers structures that project horizontally into space supported on only one end Annual average daily traffic, abbrevated AADT, is a measure used primarily in Transportation planning and transportation engineering. Fall 2009 |
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The Benjamin G. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Humphreys Bridge is a two lane cantilever bridge carrying US 82 and US 278 across the Mississippi River between Lake Village, Arkansas and Greenville, Mississippi. A cantilever bridge is a Bridge built using Cantilevers structures that project horizontally into space supported on only one end US Route 82 is an east-west United States highway in the southern United States US Route 278 is a spur of US Route 78. It currently runs for 1074 Miles (1728 km) from Hilton Head Island South Carolina to Wickes The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Lake Village is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The bridge is named for Benjamin G. Humphreys II, a former United States Congressman from Greenville. Userpolbot from http//bioguidecongressgov/scripts/biodisplaypl?index=H000960 A new bridge, the Greenville Bridge, is being built as a replacement slightly downriver. The Greenville Bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge crossing the Mississippi River between the U This is because the bridge is a navigation hazard for vehicles on the bridge as well as barges going underneath the bridge.
While the Mississippi River is the commonly accepted state line, the official line lies on the east bank due to the river shifting slightly westward. Because of this, the main span of the bridge is located entirely in Arkansas.
Until the Charles W. Dean Bridge is constructed, US 278 will cross the Mississippi River at Greenville. The Charles W Dean Bridge, known before 1999 as the Great River Bridge, will be a Cable-stayed bridge carrying Interstate 69 and US
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History
In the late 1930s, talk started on the construction of a bridge to cross the Mississippi River at Greenville. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to In 1936, a group called the Arkansas-Mississippi-Alabama US 82 Association was formed to fundraise for the bridge. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. In 1937, Milton C. Smith (the mayor at that time) worked with John A. Fox, (the secretary of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce), to get Congress to pass a law authorizing the bridge. The bill authorizing the bridge was signed into law in August of 1937 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1938, Smith applied for money from the Works Progress Administration to fund the estimated $4. The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency employing millions of people 5 million it would take to build the bridge. The Works Progress Administration agreed to the proposal in September of 1938, and construction started on the bridge a few months later. On October 4, 1940, the Bridge was officially opened to traffic. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Destruction
After the new Greenville Bridge is opened to traffic around Fall of 2009, the Benjamin G. The Greenville Bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge crossing the Mississippi River between the U Humphreys Bridge will be taken apart in 16 foot sections and shipped away to be recycled.
See also
External links
This is a list of Bridges and other crossings of the Mississippi River from the Ohio River downstream to the Gulf of Mexico.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic