Natchez-Vidalia Bridge - Mississippi River - Between Vidalia, Louisiana & Natchez, Mississippi

The Natchez–Vidalia Bridge are two twin cantilever bridges carrying U.S. Route 84 and 425 across the Mississippi River between Vidalia, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi. And, it is the tallest bridge in Mississippi.

The original bridge (seen closest to the camera in the photograph above), designed by Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York and built by the Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was completed in September 1940. It has only two 8-foot lanes and lacks shoulders. It was originally bidirectional, but now carries all westbound traffic. The newer, eastbound bridge (on the backside of the two in the photograph above) completed in 1988 has 11-foot lanes with inside and outside shoulders. The original 1940 bridge, today paired with a modern cantilever truss, is a very early example of a truss bridge with no v-lacing or lattice on its members. An unusual detail is that the cantilever arms hold the suspended span from the top chord, rather than extending a hanger down to the bottom chord. It is interesting to note that this unusual design detail is replicated in the companion 1988 bridge that was built next to the original, historic bridge.

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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Louisiana / Vidalia (show map)

Taken on: May 1, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/8.0, 12mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/8.0
Focal Length:	12mm
ISO:	250
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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