The M Bridge, Memphis Bridge, Mississippi Bridge, New Bridge
Maintained by
TDOT and ARDOT
ID number
79I00400001
Characteristics
Design
tied arch, through arch
Material
Steel
Pier construction
Concrete
Total length
9,432.6 feet (2,875 m)
Width
90 feet (27 m)
Longest span
900 feet (274 m)
Clearance below
109 feet (33 m)
History
Construction start
May 2, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-05-02)
Opened
August 2, 1973; 50 years ago (1973-08-02)
Statistics
Daily traffic
37,308 (2018)[1]
Location
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The design is a continuous cantilevered cable-stayed steel through arch, with bedstead endposts. Memphians also call the bridge the "New Bridge",[2] as it is newer than the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge (carrying Interstate 55) downstream, and the "M Bridge", due to its distinctive shape. It is of similar construction to the Sherman Minton Bridge between Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, Indiana (except that it consists of a single level deck).
^Tennessee Department of Transportation. "Traffic History". ArcGIS. Esri. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
^Teresa R. Simpson (February 17, 2008). "About.com:Memphis:The Mississippi River". About.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
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Global Information
I-40