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Plummer Point Pier Sunset

Plummer Point Pier Sunset Ocean Springs MS. The bridge is the CSX Biloxi Bay Swing bridge. The truck on the bridge is especially equipped to go on the rails. ...
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Plummer Point Pier Sunset Ocean Springs MS. The bridge is the CSX Biloxi Bay Swing bridge. The truck on the bridge is especially equipped to go on the rails. I think it was shift change for the swing bridge operator and he was the ride in and out.

Bridgehunter.com information
Swing truss bridge over Back Bay of Biloxi
Location
Biloxi, Jackson County, Mississippi, and Harrison County, Mississippi
Status
Open to traffic
Builders
- Hazelet + Erdal of Chicago, Illinois (Design)
- John F. Beasley Co. of Muskogee, Oklahoma (Erector)
- Scott Bridge Co. of Opelika, Alabama (Contractor)
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri (Fabricator)
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N; LN)
Design
Swing Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.40747, -88.85234 (decimal degrees)
30°24'27" N, 88°51'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/322065/3365393 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ocean Springs
Inventory number
BH 42514 (Bridgehunter.com ID) "
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