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Big Black River Railroad Bridge | |
 Downstream side of the bridge | |
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| Nearest city | Bovina andEdwards, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 32°20′49″N90°42′17″W / 32.34694°N 90.70472°W /32.34694; -90.70472 |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architectural style | Open-spandrel arch |
| MPS | Historic Bridges of Mississippi TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88002418[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 1988 |
Big Black River Railroad Bridge is a 465-foot-long (142 m) concreteopen-spandrelarch bridge over theBig Black River built in 1917 nearBovina, Mississippi. It spans the river betweenWarren County andHinds County; the nearest settlements areBovina (in Warren) andEdwards, Mississippi (in Hinds).
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] According to its listing in the Mississippi Historic Bridge Survey in 1988, it is significant as the largest and "most impressive" concrete open-spandrel bridge in Mississippi (out of just two in the state).[2]
Open-spandrel concrete arch bridges were built in the early 1900s in areas where concrete was not too expensive relative to alternatives and where the span would be sufficiently high so that the arch could span the requisite distance. (Truss bridges can be built lower.)
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