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Natchez Bridges crossing the Mississippi Art Print
by Ray Devlin
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Natchez Bridges crossing the Mississippi art print by Ray Devlin. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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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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