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Photos: River Barges on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg

Vicksburg, Mississippi

We had the opportunity to stop in at Vicksburg toward the end of June, 2002. The river traffic became a source of immense interest for me as I had never seen river barges travel the Mississippi before. Positioned as we were on the river bank, we got to see the skill necessary to maneuver these immense loads under the columns of two bridges. There are probably too many pictures on this page of similar scenes, but we were trying to capture the entire passage of a river barge coming around the far bend in the river and then under the bridge. The size of some of the loads was impressive.

Clicking on the thumbnail of the photo will take you to the larger image. Most are around 640x480 and average around 60 to 80 kb each for file size. Photos were taken in late September, 2002.
 

Looking at the Mississippi River from Vicksburg Here's the bridge linking Misssissippi and Louisiana at Vicksburg Vicksburg, Mississippi and a river barge Mississippi River at Vicksburg
Vicksburg and Mississippi River with barge coming around river bed - paddle wheeler in forefront Mississippi River and Barge and Paddle Wheeler Mississippi River River barges on the Mississippi at Vicksburg
River barge on the Mississippi Large load going down the Mississippi Bridge and river barge Barges on the Mississippi
River barges River Barge continuing along river heading for bridge Starting to see barge moving under bridge Mississippi River
Final section of the river barge still visible on the other side of the bridge Another view of one of the river barges
The barges along the Mississippi River barges
The Mississippi River and commercial river traffic Barges in the river River barges passing through Barge going under bridge
View of barges between the two bridges The river and the barges  River barge  Barge passing under the bridge
Large barge on the Mississippi
Large barge on the Mississippi
Closer view of river barge
Closer view of barge under bridge
Barge passing under the bridge
Barge in the river
Long view of the river
Bridge and river
Paddle wheeler in forefront
Barge heading for bridge
Barge approaching bridge
Another view of the river barge on the Mississippi
Barge under bridge
Barge on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg
Smaller barge on the Mississippi
Barges between the bridge columns
Barges between bridges
A view of the river from the bank
Barges under the bridge on the Mississippi
Bridges over the Mississippi

Barges under the bridge
Large barges on the Mississippi


Last edited: November 6th, 2002