Nearest city Meridian, Mississippi Architectural style Stearns through truss USMS # 075-MER-5804-NR-ML Opened 1901 Body of water Chunky River | Built 1901 NRHP Reference # 88002415 Construction started 1847 Bridge type Truss bridge Added to NRHP 16 November 1988 | |
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MPS Historic Bridges of Mississippi TR Address Chunky River Watershed 47 Dam, Union, MS 39365, USA Architect Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. Similar Dunns Falls Water Park, Merrehope, Riley Center, Vicksburg National Military P, Windsor Ruins | ||
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Stuckey's Bridge is a bridge spanning the Chunky River just outside Meridian, Mississippi. The bridge was listed as a Mississippi Landmark on August 4, 1984, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1988.
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The legend of stuckey s bridge
History
The bridge was originally built as the main route across the Chunky River southwest of Meridian. Documents in the Lauderdale County Archives reveal the contract to construct a bridge in this location was written in 1847, and estimates place the bridge's construction date around 1850. A new bridge replaced the old one in 1901, built by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company.
Legends
According to legend, a member of the Dalton Gang named "Stuckey" owned a nearby inn where he would rob and murder his guests and bury his victims bodies on the riverbank. The legend says that after murdering twenty people, Stuckey was finally caught and hanged from the newly constructed bridge located on the site of his murders. Rumours of Stuckey haunting the bridge arose as well as claimed sightings of an old man carrying a lantern along the river's edge, loud splashes that supposedly represent Stuckey's body hitting the water after his noose was cut, and visions of his lifeless corpse hanging from the bridge.