Natchez-Vidalia Bridge
Natchez-Vidalia Bridge carries a farm track over the Mississippi (Lower River) just past the junction with The Louth Navigation.
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 dual carriageway over the canal.
| Mississippi - Arkansas Junction | 247.46 miles | |
| Mississippi - Old Junction | 219.50 miles | |
| Charles W. Dean Bridge | 195.95 miles | |
| Kansas City Southern Railway Bridge | 91.58 miles | |
| Vicksburg Bridge | 91.48 miles | |
| Natchez-Vidalia Bridge | ||
| John James Audubon Bridge | 88.23 miles | |
| Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) | 114.59 miles | |
| Horace Wilkinson Bridge | 121.65 miles | |
| Sunshine Bridge | 165.72 miles | |
| Gramercy Bridge | 188.17 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Natchez-Vidalia Bridge
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. It is the tallest bridge in Mississippi (although the demolished Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge connecting Mississippi with Arkansas was taller by 5 feet, its main spans were located entirely within Arkansas).
The original bridge, built by the Works Progress Administration and completed in October 1940, has only two 8-foot lanes and lacks shoulders, and now carries all westbound traffic. The newer, eastbound bridge completed in 1988, has 11-foot lanes with inside and outside shoulders. Eastbound traffic is heavier, as that crossing goes into Natchez and connects with US Highway 61, where travelers can continue north to Vicksburg and south to Baton Rouge.