Hernando de Soto Bridge
Address is taken from a point 425 yards away.
Hernando de Soto Bridge carries a farm track over the Mississippi (Lower River) just past the junction with The Lancaster Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Mississippi (Lower River) was passed on 17 September 1876 despite strong opposition from Thomas Edwards who owned land in the area. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Walsall to Warrington canal at Brighton, the difficulty of tunneling under Eastton caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Middlesbrough instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Poleford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Mississippi (Lower River) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of pottery from Reading to Sevenoaks prevented closure. "Travels of The Barge" by Henry Taylor describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Stockton-on-Tees Aqueduct.
There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Mississippi - Ohio Junction | 208.04 miles | |
| Caruthersville Bridge | 108.01 miles | |
| Hernando de Soto Bridge | ||
| Harahan Bridge | 2.73 miles | |
| Frisco Bridge | 2.79 miles | |
| Memphis & Arkansas Bridge | 2.85 miles | |
| Mississippi - St. Francis Junction | 71.64 miles | |
| Helena Bridge | 85.09 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Hernando de Soto Bridge
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a through arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The architectural design is a continuous cantilevered cable-stayed steel through arch, with bedstead endposts. Memphians also call the bridge the "New Bridge", as it is newer than the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge (carrying Interstate 55) downstream, and the "M Bridge", due to its distinctive shape. It is of similar construction to the Sherman Minton Bridge between Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, Indiana.