Helena Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name= Helena Bridge


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carries= 2 lanes of US 49
crosses= Mississippi River
locale= Helena-West Helena, Arkansas and Lula, Mississippi
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design= Cantilever bridge
mainspan= convert|804|ft|m|0
length= convert|5204|ft|m|0
width= convert|28|ft|m|0
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below= convert|119|ft|m|0
traffic= 7,000
open= July 27, 1961
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coordinates= coord|34|29|48|N|90|35|17|W|region:US_type:landmark

The Helena Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying US 49 across the Mississippi River between Helena-West Helena, Arkansas and Lula, Mississippi.

The main cantilever span was modeled on the similar Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge which had been built downstream by Arkansas & Mississippi roughly two decades earlier. However, the river navigation issues that led to the pending replacement of the Humphreys Bridge with the Greenville Bridge do not apply to the Helena Bridge, as the river curve here is far less severe than the one just upstream from the Humphreys Bridge.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Helena Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Memphis & Arkansas Bridge
upstream signs =
downstream = Charles W. Dean Bridge
downstream signs = Future