One factor slowing the recovery of the Mississippi Gulf Coast following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 has been problems with transportation. The biggest issue was the destruction of multiple bridges that fed traffic to the coast and along the coast. North bay bridges were quickly resurrected, but the Coastal bridges at Bay St. Louis and between Ocean Springs and Biloxi were almost completely destroyed and have had to be rebuilt almost from scratch. Today The first of the two, the Bay Bridge, is open and traffic is flowing over it again. This is a very big day for the Coast, for recovery and for the spirit of south Mississippi citizens.
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wow, this is a big day!
ReplyDeletei fondly remember riding across that bridge in the car on the way to visit my cousins in ocean springs...
Ahh, the bridge to Ocean Springs is still out, this is the one between Harrison and Hancock Counties. The Ocean Springs-Biloxi bridge is slated to be partially open starting at some point in October. Progress and Pride.
ReplyDeleteohh okay.
ReplyDeletestill progress though.
yay for gulf coast recovery? And wasnt Hancock/Harrison county the hardest hit in Katrina too?
It is true that Hancock county was hardest hit. It was actually the hardest hit by the hurricane overall. New Orleans was caused by incompetence; the flattening of the Coast by Katrina.
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