Byram Bridge

The Byram Bridge, spanning the Pearl River between Hinds County, Mississippi and Rankin County, Mississippi, is a historic bridge which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

Byram Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Frenchs Store, Mississippi
Coordinates	32°10′35″N 90°14′37″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1905
Built by	Schuster & Jacob; Groome, W.H. & Son
Architectural style	Twin-tower swinging sus. br.
MPS	Swinging Suspension Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	79003427[1]
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1979

The bridge was built in 1905 as a collaboration between merchants in Byram, Mississippi and Rankin County.^[2] In 1987, the bridge was deemed unsafe for travel and was closed to traffic. The bridge was converted to a pedestrian footbridge in 2015.

It is located at Old Byram and Florence Rd. near Frenchs Store, Mississippi.

It is a swinging suspension bridge type of suspension bridge, with two towers, nearly 360 feet (110 m) in total length. The central span is about 200 feet (61 m).^[3]