Mahned Bridge

Mahned Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mississippi Landmark
Mahned Bridge 1981
Nearest city:	New Augusta, Mississippi
Coordinates:	31°13′28″N 89°5′6″W / 31.22444°N 89.085°W / 31.22444; -89.085Coordinates: 31°13′28″N 89°5′6″W / 31.22444°N 89.085°W / 31.22444; -89.085
Built:	1903
Architect:	Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
Architectural style:	Pratt Through Truss
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Historic Bridges of Mississippi TR
NRHP Reference#:	97001379
USMS #:	111-NAU-5002-NR-ML
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	November 24, 1997[2]
Designated USMS:	April 30, 1996[1]

The Mahned Bridge in Perry County, Mississippi is a through truss single-lane bridge constructed in 1903. Its remote location several miles from the small town of New Augusta has made it a favorite place among college and high school students for star gazing and other activities. The boards were removed in the late 1990s after it was the scene of the abduction of Robbie Bond and William Hatcher, both of Hattiesburg. Two years prior to the abduction (and consequent murder) of Bond and Hatcher, authorities located the car of missing person Angela Freeman, as well a puddle of her blood, at Mahned Bridge in the same place they were to find Hatcher's. The bridge was declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1996^[1] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mississippi Landmarks". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf. Retrieved May 14, 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

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