Category:Hernando de Soto Bridge

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<nowiki>puente Hernando de Soto; ヘルナンド・デ・ソト橋; Hernando de Soto Bridge; Hernando de Soto Bridge; Эрнандо де Сото (мост); 埃尔南多·德索托大桥; Hernando de Soto Bridge; 埃爾南多·德索托大橋; 埃尔南多·德索托大桥; Hernando de Soto Bridge; Pons Ferdinandi de Soto; Hernando de Soto Bridge; Ponto Hernando de Soto; 埃尔南多·德索托大桥; كوبرى هيرناندو دى سوتو; puente de arco que lleva a la Interestatal 40 a lo largo del río Misisipi entre West Memphis, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee; pont américain; كوبرى فى امريكا; bågbro på betongpelare i Tennessee; Steel-arch bridge in the United States</nowiki>
Hernando de Soto Bridge 
Steel-arch bridge in the United States
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Inception
  • 2 August 1973
Date of official opening
  • 2 August 1973
Date of official closure
  • 11 May 2021
Width
  • 27 m
Length
  • 5,954 m
Map35° 09′ 10″ N, 90° 03′ 50″ W
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Wikidata Q4532572
Structurae structure ID: 20004665
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English: Hernando de Soto Bridge — over the Mississippi River between Tennessee and Arkansas.

The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a through arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. It is often called the "M Bridge" as the arches resemble the letter M. Memphians also call the bridge the "New Bridge" as it is newer than the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge (carrying Interstate 55) downstream.

The bridge is named for 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto who explored this stretch of the Mississippi River, and died south of Memphis, Tennessee. His body was believed to have been buried in the Mississippi River after his death (although, according to legend, his body lay at the bottom of Lake Chicot in Arkansas, an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River about 130 miles south of Memphis.)

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