Mississippi Division
Federal Highway Administration

Due to becompleted in 2006 this will be the longest cable-stayed bridge span on the Mississippi River. The new bridge will have three spans, of 591/1378/591 feet (180/420/180 meters).

More on Greenville Bridge
including construction details, and a On-Site Construction Webcam!

The federally-threatened gopher tortoise suffers from high predation, doesn't reproduce until age 10 or older, and produces small numbers of offspring, few of which survive to adulthood. Yet the greatest threat to this terrestrial animal is habitat loss.

More on Tortoise Conservation Project (Under Construction)

Efforts to insure the continued commitment to protection of our country's environmental resources displaced by construction of transportation projects includes expansion of the existing Wetland Mitigation banks to include the Deaton Tract and Old Fort Bayou Preserves. These areas contain a myriad of virtually untouched wildlife habitats. Preservation of these sites is paramount to protecting the entire Pascagoula River ecological system.