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 .

They are remnants of the city’s 1855 suspension bridge — the first permanent span across the Mississippi River anywhere along its length. Today, the area is part of First Bridge Park.

James B. Eads faced many obstacles when he built the first steel bridge in the world over the Mississippi River, none of which was more daunting than the sinking of the bridges' two piers and ...

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