Did We Survive Hurricane Katrina or Not?: Building South Mississippi Together |"Phenomenal" Biloxi Bridge Completely Open

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Building South Mississippi Together |"Phenomenal" Biloxi Bridge Completely Open

Biloxi Bay Bridge on our visit to Ocean Springs in August 2007.

"Phenomenal" Biloxi Bridge Completely Open: "After 31 months, one week, and two days, Biloxi and Ocean Springs have been reconnected, by a $338 million concrete marvel. The federal government paid for the replacement roadwork, just like it paid for the $283 million bridge that reconnects Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis."

Biloxi Bay Bridge before and after animation from the SunHerald: http://www.sunherald.com/images/beforeafter/biloxibridge.html

For more info, the Mississippi Department of Transportation maintains a website for the Biloxi Bridge project at http://biloxibridge.com/index.php

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hooray!!!! One more step closer to getting over Katrina's wrath. We're probably 1/2 way there.; 11:25 AM
Unknown said...: "Snail's pace" doesn't even say it all, judy.

When I first read this article I thought to myself, "HEY! We need to load up the kids and take a trip to Biloxi!" And then I remembered that most of U.S. 90 is still under construction... Baby steps. Baby steps.; 3:09 PM

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