November 24, 2012

In 1972, a six-lane highway bridge known as the Hernando de Soto Bridge connecting West Memphis (Crittenden County) with Memphis, Tennessee, opened as part of I-40. The double-arch truss-suspended deck bridge, which was named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, spans a total of 19,535 total feet and is 109 feet above the Mississippi River.

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