New bridge bends at both ends
THE SUN HERALD
When the new Biloxi Bay Bridge opens Thursday, motorists will notice a slight bend at each end of the 1.6-mile span.
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Bridging Biloxi Bay three times
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In pursuing Native Americans across the bay between Biloxi and Ocean Springs, the French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville likely used the same water trail that supports an impressive new bridge. In 1699 and in 2007, the shortest route across Biloxi Bay remains the preferred route.
Plans set for bridge opening
Two of the most enduring images of the wrath of Hurricane Katrina were the Coast bridges toppled like dominoes. So the most powerful symbols of recovery are the reopening of the Bay St. Louis bridge in May and the Biloxi Bay bridge Nov. 1.
Bridges are siblings, but not twins
The state Department of Transportation is building two Coast bridges in record time, and when they're complete the $600 million spans will be unlike any other U.S. bridges.
Bridge tender moves on, cherishes the memories
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Ricky Fitzgerald loved his job as bridge tender on the Biloxi Bay Bridge.
Bridge art captures Coast
Art on bridges seemed somehow misplaced from the first mention of it. Who will see it as cars zoom past doing 45 mph, often faster on the Coast, as residents know?
Traffic and Parking
The opening of the Biloxi Bay Bridge will move traffic across the entire Coast once again, but traffic is expected to be very heavy and parking hard to find on Nov. 1 during the opening ceremonies.
Bridge stirs up troubled water
Almost as soon as plans were unveiled for a new high-rise bridge over Biloxi's Back Bay, the public debate erupted. And it was loud and fierce.
Bridge is a jackpot for Biloxi casinos
The city will proudly celebrate the opening of the Biloxi Bay Bridge and then get back to business.
Ocean Springs' business booming
In Ocean Springs, downtown merchants are predicting a banner year in sales as more tourists and Harrison and Hancock county residents return to the area
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