User:Max7779311/Harahan Bridge Project

Harahan Bridge Project ... The Harahan Bridge Project is leading the effort to re-open the roadways of the Harahan Bridge. The Harahan Bridge Crosses the Mississippi River at Memphis TN., connecting downtown Memphis to Crittenden County Arkansas.

The Bridge was completed in 1916 with (2) rails of train traffic and (2) roads for auto traffic cantilevered off the sides. When the roadways opened in 1917, the Harahan was the only Auto crossing of the Mississippi south of St. Louis. Cars crossed the Harahan until 1949 when the Memphis and Arkansas bridge (currently I-55) was completed 400 yards south of the Harahan.

In the 1950's the wooden planks forming the roadbed were removed, but the structural steel for the roadbed remains in place.