At the time of the photos in Virtual Earth – the bridge was still under construction! For More information please visit the official Site

The construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River is a grand spectacle, the kind of event that may come to a city or region only once in a lifetime. The people of Greenville, Mississippi, and Lake Village, Arkansas, celebrated such an event on September 17, 1940, when more than 5000 people gathered to dedicate the new US 82 Benjamin G. Humphreys bridge, one of the longest spans anywhere on the river when it was finished.

In 2006, such a celebration will occur again when the newest US 82 bridge is completed, and the dream of a bridge for Greenville comes true for the second time in a century. – Official Site

Construction photo of the $206 million cable-stayed bridge that has a 1,378-foot center-span, the longest cable-stayed span on the Mississippi River.