Plummer Point Pier on Biloxi Bay in Ocean Springs MS extends out at least 800 feet with 4 covered areas. It is great place to watch trains cross the bay and the CSX line swing bridge operate.
In the photos you can see them swing the bridge to let a boat through.
The CSX Biloxi Bay Swing bridge can be viewed from the Piers that extend out into the bay from either side of the bay.
"Facts
Overview
Swing truss bridge over Back Bay of Biloxi
Location
Biloxi, Jackson County, Mississippi, and Harrison County, Mississippi
Status
Open to traffic
Builders
- Hazelet + Erdal of Chicago, Illinois (Design)
- John F. Beasley Co. of Muskogee, Oklahoma (Erector)
- Scott Bridge Co. of Opelika, Alabama (Contractor)
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri (Fabricator)
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N; LN)
Design
Swing Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.40747, -88.85234 (decimal degrees)
30°24'27" N, 88°51'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/322065/3365393 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ocean Springs
Inventory number
BH 42514 (Bridgehunter.com ID) " (
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