Motley Slough Bridge

Motley Slough Bridge
Coordinates 33°26′21″N 88°30′28″W / 33.43923°N 88.50777°W / 33.43923; -88.50777Coordinates: 33°26′21″N 88°30′28″W / 33.43923°N 88.50777°W / 33.43923; -88.50777
Built 1920
Architectural style Pratt pony truss
MPS Historic Bridges of Mississippi TR
NRHP reference # 88002405[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 16, 1988
Designated USMS August 4, 1987

Motley Slough Bridge is a small bridge designated a Mississippi Landmark[2] and on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places,[3] 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.".[4]

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.[5] Recent construction on US 45 involves rerouting that section of Shaeffers Chapel Road.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Mississippi Department of Archives and History -- Mississippi Landmark page
  3. ↑ http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/ Item number 88002405 NRIS (National Register Information System)
  4. ↑ Mississippi Historic Bridge Survey, Oct 03, 1988
  5. ↑ a charred bois d’arc tree was decorated as a dragon in 2001 Putnam, Seth (12 July 2010). "Enter the dragon: Neighbors care for tree that watches over Highway 45". Commercial Dispatch. Columbus, Mississippi.
  • MDA&H Historic Resources Fact Sheet (with link to original application as a historic location)
  • "Dragon Tree: In this July 8, 2010 photograph, this charred bois d'arc tree was transformed by Margaret and Jacky Triplett in 2001 to the "Motley Slough Monster," a bug-eyed, toothy dragon that rests along Schafferes Chapel Road that has become a sort of landmark in that corner of Lowndes County". Dallas, Texas: WFAA-TV. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
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