Spans Motley Slough on Shaeffer's Chapel Rd., Columbus, Mississippi. County/parish: Lowndes.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 16, 1988. NRIS 88002405.
Part of Historic Bridges of Mississippi TR (NRIS 64000410).
1 contributing structure.
Motley Slough Bridge is a small bridge designated a Mississippi Landmark and on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, located in Lowndes County, Mississippi. It is a single span iron Pratt pony truss bridge built in 1920. It "embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction.".
The bridge is located about 1/4 mile southwest of US Route 45 on Shaeffers Chapel Road. The eastern approach is overseen by the Motley Slough Dragon. Recent construction on US 45 involves rerouting that section of Shaeffers Chapel Road.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73890260