Byram Bridge

Byram Bridge
	Byram Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Frenchs Store, Mississippi
Coordinates	32°10′35″N 90°14′37″W / 32.17639°N 90.24361°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1905
Built by	Schuster & Jacob; Groome, W.H. & Son
Architectural style	Twin-tower swinging sus. br.
MPS	Swinging Suspension Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	79003427
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1979

The Byram Bridge, spanning the Pearl River between Hinds County, Mississippi and Rankin County, Mississippi, is a historic bridge which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

The bridge was built in 1905 as a collaboration between merchants in Byram, Mississippi and Rankin County.^[2] In 1987, the bridge was deemed unsafe for travel and was closed to traffic. The bridge was converted to a pedestrian footbridge in 2015.

It is located at Old Byram and Florence Rd. near Frenchs Store, Mississippi.

It is a swinging suspension bridge type of suspension bridge, with two towers, nearly 360 feet (110 m) in total length. The central span is about 200 feet (61 m).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "There's Something Incredibly Unique About This One Swinging Bridge In Mississippi". OnlyInYourState. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
^ Jack A. Gold (July 20, 1978). "Historic Sites Survey: Byram Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1978

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[2] "There's Something Incredibly Unique About This One Swinging Bridge In Mississippi". OnlyInYourState. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

[nrhpdoc-3] Jack A. Gold (July 20, 1978). "Historic Sites Survey: Byram Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1978

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