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The first railroad bridge across the river opened the following year. But because of engineering challenges, a bridge across the Lower Mississippi wasn’t opened until 1892 in Memphis.

Spanning the Mississippi River with its elegant arched design ... Unlike the fragile timber railroad bridges of the era that required trains to crawl across, Hill wanted a permanent structure ...

A spokesperson told KTIV that crews are mobilizing to where the old bridge was located and they expect construction to begin in the coming days.

Construction crews were moving dirt, along the Iowa side of the Big Sioux River, Thursday, in preparation to rebuild a railroad bridge connecting North Sioux City and Sioux City.

The public needs to understand that almost every road in the counties and cities is affected now,” Harrison County Emergency Manager Matt Stratton said Tuesday. “People need to go to a safe location.” ...

Emergency managers have urged residents to stay home as snow begins to blanket South Mississippi ... The Pascagoula River Bridge on Interstate 10 near Pascagoula/Moss Point/Gautier is closed.

Also, as you cross a river, there can be seen concrete stanchions that once held railroad ... known as the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 also took out the Atchafalaya bridge.