Clearance below 38 m Locale Vidalia, Natchez | Address Natchez, MS 39120, USA | |
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Carries 4 lanes of US 65 / US 84 / US 425 ID number 21000840010001A (westbound)21000840010001B (eastbound) Total length 4,205 feet (1,282 m) (westbound)4,202 feet (1,281 m) (eastbound) Width 24 feet (7 m) (westbound)42 feet (13 m) (eastbound) Similar Old Vicksburg Bridge, Helena Bridge, Greenville Bridge, Benjamin G Humphre, Caruthersville Bridge | ||
The Natchez–Vidalia Bridge are two twin cantilever bridges carrying US Routes 65, 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.