Natchez Bridges crossing the Mississippi Acrylic Print
by Ray Devlin
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Natchez Bridges crossing the Mississippi acrylic print by Ray Devlin. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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Having spent a few years photographing bridges on the lower Mississippi River, I have come to believe that these huge truss bridge engineering styles... more
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Having spent a few years photographing bridges on the lower Mississippi River, I have come to believe that these huge truss bridge engineering styles have become something of a signature image of southern Louisiana river crossings.
These truss structures tend to be as big as they are to facilitate the passage of ocean going tanker vessels on this river; a river with a particular large variation in seasonal water levels. However, interestingly, the bridges north of Louisiana are not so large, despite the river being enabling navigation of such vessels. As I understand it, this is the work of Huey P. Long � a past Governor of Louisiana. Apparently he authorized the construction of bridges with a lower clearance in northern Louisiana to ensure that all international shipping traffic found its way no further north than Baton Rouge!
These particular truss bridges were found crossing the Mississippi River between Natchez, in the state of Mississippi, and Vidalia, in th...
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Scottish Engineer, currently living in Houston, Texas.
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