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The Frisco Bridge, previously known as the Memphis Bridge, is a cantilevered through truss bridge carrying a rail line across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee.
Historic Truss Bridge in Memphis Shelby County, Tennessee and Crittenden County, Arkansas. The Frisco Bridge is the crowning achievement of a great engineer, and one of the oldest and largest cantilever truss bridges in the world.
The Frisco Bridge was the first bridge built on the lower Mississippi, and the only bridge south of St. Louis when it opened in 1892. Building it was a monumental undertaking. The US Army insisted on a 770 foot clear span for river navigation, and at least 75 feet of vertical clearance under the bridge.
Jun 9, 2021 · The Frisco Bridge was a unique landmark in Memphis for 24 years. But almost as soon as it opened, Memphians complained that it wasn’t enough. A railroad bridge designed to carry only one set of train tracks didn’t alleviate the needs of passenger traffic across the river.
- Vance Lauderdale
Jun 11, 2016 · This aerial view of early construction of the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, circa 1946, shows piers in place on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The bridge opened to traffic in 1949.
- Tom Charlier
Feb 22, 2017 · A few minutes before the New Year's Eve sunset, BNSF 4154 South leads a loaded grain train into Memphis over the Mississippi River on the Thayer South Subdivision. This is the Frisco Bridge, built in 1892 by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad (The Frisco) and reinforced in 2017 by the BNSF.
Mar 14, 2024 · The Frisco Bridge remains a very active railroad bridge today as it serves in tandem with the adjacent Harahan Bridge to handle all cross-river rail traffic in the Memphis area. The bridge was designated as a National Civil Engineering Landmark in 1987.
