Coon Box Fork Bridge

	Coon Box Fork Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Coon Box Rd., Coon Box, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°47′25″N 91°5′37″W / 31.79028°N 91.09361°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1919
Architect	Schuster & Jacob, Robert Taylor
Architectural style	Twin-tower Swng. Susp. Brdg.
MPS	Swinging Suspension Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	79003429
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1979

The Coon Box Fork Bridge is a swinging suspension bridge located 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Coon Box in Jefferson County, Mississippi. The bridge carries Coon Box Road across the North Fork Coles Creek. Constructed in 1919 for $3,498.99, the bridge has a wooden deck and concrete towers plated in iron. The bridge was one of many of the same type constructed in Jefferson County in the early 1900s to serve farmers in Coon Box; it is considered a "highly successful technological product" and is in fair condition.^[2] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 1979.^[1] The bridge was destroyed in 2015.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Coon Box Fork Bridge" (PDF). Historic Sites Survey. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. September 9, 1978. Retrieved October 25, 2012.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Coon Box Fork Bridge" (PDF). Historic Sites Survey. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. September 9, 1978. Retrieved October 25, 2012.

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